{"quotes":[{"text":"In April war was declared with Germany. Wilson and his cabinet—a cabinet that in its lack of distinction was strangely reminiscent of the twelve apostles—let loose the carefully starved dogs of war, and the press began to whoop hysterically against the sinister morals, sinister philosophy, and sinister music produced by the Teutonic temperament. Those who fancied themselves particularly broad-minded made the exquisite distinction that it was only the German Government which aroused them to hysteria; the rest were worked up to a condition of retching indecency. Any song which contained the word 'mother' and the word 'kaiser' was assured of a tremendous success. At last every one had something to talk about—and almost every one fully enjoyed it, as though they had been cast for parts in a sombre and romantic play.","author":"F. Scott Fitzgerald","tags":["jazz-age","narcissism","novel","propaganda","semi-autobiography","the-great-war","world-war-i"],"id":2685,"author_id":"F.+Scott+Fitzgerald"},{"text":"England looked strange to us returned soldiers. We could not understand the war-madness that ran wild everywhere, looking for a pseudo-military outlet. The civilians talked a foreign language. I found serious conversation with my parents all but impossible.","author":"Robert Graves","tags":["war","world-war-i"],"id":13834,"author_id":"Robert+Graves"},{"text":"My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.","author":"Ferdinand Foch","tags":["military","war","world-war-i"],"id":19676,"author_id":"Ferdinand+Foch"},{"text":"Obvious choices for the east window: the two bloody bargains on which civilization claimed to be based. The bargain, Rivers though, looking at Abraham and Isaac. The one on which all patriarchal societies were founded. If you, who are young and strong, will obey me, who am old and weak, even to the extent of being prepared to sacrifice your life, then in the course of time you will peacefully inherit, and be able to exact the same obedience from your sons. Only we’re breaking the bargain, Rivers thought. All over northern France, at this very moment, in trenches and dugouts and flooded shell-holes, the inheritors were dying, not one by one, while old men, and women of all ages, gathered together and sang hymns.","author":"Pat Barker","tags":["girardian","religion","sacrifice","war","world-war-i"],"id":19959,"author_id":"Pat+Barker"},{"text":"In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not only those who have never studied or experienced the realities of war, but also professional soldiers frequently fall into the error. But the principles of warfare as I learned them at West Point remain unchanged.","author":"John J. Pershing","tags":["first-world-war","military","military-theory","the-great-war","united-states-military","world-war-1","world-war-i"],"id":37083,"author_id":"John+J.+Pershing"},{"text":"The war has ended with every one owing every one else immense sums of money. Germany owes a large sum to the Allies, the Allies owe a large sum to Great Britain, and Great Britain owes a large sum to the United States. The holders of war loan in every country are owed a large sum by the States, and the States in its turn is owed a large sum by these and other taxpayers. The whole position is in the highest degree artificial, misleading, and vexatious. We shall never be able to move again, unless we can free our limbs from these paper shackles.","author":"John Maynard Keynes","tags":["economics","keynes","peace","world-war-i"],"id":41078,"author_id":"John+Maynard+Keynes"},{"text":"Its magnificence was indescribable, and its magnitude was inconceivable. She felt overwhelmed in the presence of its greatness. Pg 87.","author":"Mona Rodriguez","tags":["1920s","40-years-and-a-day","40-years-in-a-day","best-historical-fiction","book","cafe-society","dianne-vigorito","ellis-island","fiction","forty-years-in-a-day","hell-s-kitchen","historical-fiction","immigration","italian-american-book","italy","mona-marzano","mona-rodriguez","new-historical-fiction","new-york","novel","prohibition","statue-of-liberty","suffrage","suffragist-movement","top-fiction","women-s-rights","world-war-i","wwi"],"id":61760,"author_id":"Mona+Rodriguez"},{"text":"I wonder if they were aware of the power of complimentary alcohol during World War I.","author":"Pawan Mishra","tags":["alcohol","complimentary","corruption","inebriation","intoxication","power","world-war","world-war-i"],"id":82953,"author_id":"Pawan+Mishra"},{"text":"...My deepest personal reason for staying in Paris is that whatever I have as a character, good or bad, is based on the fact that since the age of four I have never run away from anything however painful or dangerous when I thought it was my duty to take a stand -- the American Ambassador to France upon being asked to evacuate Paris by the State Department on the eve of Nazi occupation of Paris in 1940.","author":"William C. Bullitt","tags":["adversity","strength","strength-of-character","world-war-i"],"id":128252,"author_id":"William+C.+Bullitt"},{"text":"Confession is good for the soul even after the soul has been claimed” (p. 381).","author":"Mona Rodriguez","tags":["1920s","40-years-and-a-day","40-years-in-a-day","best-historical-fiction","book","cafe-society","dianne-vigorito","ellis-island","fiction","forty-years-in-a-day","hell-s-kitchen","historical-fiction","immigration","italian-american-book","italy","mona-marzano","mona-rodriguez","new-historical-fiction","new-york","novel","prohibition","statue-of-liberty","suffrage","suffragist-movement","top-fiction","women-s-rights","world-war-i","wwi"],"id":135938,"author_id":"Mona+Rodriguez"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":24,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}