WIST Quotations

Serling, Rod -- Comment, Antioch College (c. 1965)

Dave — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:17:00 +0000

Shrapnel wounds and mangled, bullet ridden bodies are not the only casualties of war. There are casualties of the mind. Every war produces a backwash, a residue of pain and grief.

Rod Serling (1924–1975) American screenwriter, playwright, television producer, narrator
Comment, Antioch College (c. 1965)

As quoted in Anne Serling, As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling (2013).

Fussell, Paul -- Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War, ch. 18 (1989)

Dave — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:51:58 +0000

In war, it is not just the weak soldiers, or the sensitive ones, or the highly imaginative or cowardly ones, who will break down. Inevitably, all will break down if in combat long enough.

Paul Fussell (1924–2012) American cultural and literary historian, author, academic
Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War, ch. 18 (1989)