We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.

- Erich Maria Remarque

we have so much to say, and we shall never say it.

- Erich Maria Remarque

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

- Erich Maria Remarque

Everyone saves someone at least once. Just as he kills someone at least once. Even though he may not know it.

- Erich Maria Remarque

Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.

- Erich Maria Remarque

To forget is the secret of eternal youth. One grows old only through memory. There's much too little forgetting.

- Erich Maria Remarque

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

- Erich Maria Remarque

Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel!

- Erich Maria Remarque

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

- Erich Maria Remarque