Pat Barker Quotes

I believe that this war, upon which I entered as a war of defence and liberation, has now become a war of aggression and conquest.

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Pat Barker

Patricia Mary W. Barker, (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken. In 2012, The Observer named the Regeneration Trilogy as one of "The 10 best historical novels".

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Pat Barker

Murder is only killing in the wrong place.

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Pat Barker

I don't think it's possible to c-call yourself a C-Christian and.. And j-just leave out the awkward bits.' -Wilfred Owen

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Pat Barker

The way I see it, when you put the uniform on, in effect you sign a contract. And you don't back out of a contract merely because you've changed your mind. You can still speak up for your principles, you can still argue against the ones you're being made to fight for, but in the end you.

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We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's needed to do the job. By any proper civilized standard (but what does that mean now?) we are objects of horror. But our nerves are completely steady. And we are still alive.

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The sky darkened, the air grew colder, but he didn't mind. It didn't occur to him to move. This was the right place. This was where he had wanted to be.

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I believe that this war, upon which I entered as a war of defence and liberation, has now become a war of aggression and conquest.

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It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain.

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