You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined tha…

Kurt Vonnegut
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You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freshly shaved faces, it was a shock. 'My God, my God — ' I said to myself, 'It's the Children's Crusade. ✨ Slaughterhouse-Five ch. 5 (1969)
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