Paul Fussell Quotes

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If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in people's faces. - Paul Fussell quote.
If I didn't have writing, I'd be running down the street hurling grenades in people's faces.
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Chickenshit is so called—instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit—because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously.  Chickenshit can be recognized instantly because it never has anything to do with winning the war. - Paul Fussell quote.
Chickenshit is so called—instead of horse- or bull- or elephant shit—because it is small-minded and ignoble and takes the trivial seriously.  Chickenshit can be recognized instantly because it never has anything to do with winning the war.
— Paul Fussell Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
All the pathos and irony of leaving one's youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time. - Paul Fussell quote.
All the pathos and irony of leaving one's youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.
— Paul Fussell

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Authors of some rhetorical sophistication know that a reviewer has an obligation that goes beyond deposing accurately and justly on the contents and value of the book in hand: he has an obligation to be interesting, which means, variously, funny, dramatic, significant, outraged, or winning. - Paul Fussell quote.
Authors of some rhetorical sophistication know that a reviewer has an obligation that goes beyond deposing accurately and justly on the contents and value of the book in hand: he has an obligation to be interesting, which means, variously, funny, dramatic, significant, outraged, or winning.
— Paul Fussell The Boy Scout Handbook and Other Observations

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