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Quotation from All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

“A hospital alone shows what war is.”

Erich Maria Remarque (spoken by Paul Bäumer)

All Quiet on the Western Front, Chapter X, trans. A. W. Wheen

Walking the corridors of the Catholic hospital, Paul surveys the wards of jaw, gas, abdominal and spine cases and multiplies them by the hundreds of thousands.

Citation: "A hospital alone shows what war is." — Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front, Chapter X, trans. A. W. Wheen. (id all-quiet-on-the-western-front-q7)

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