A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945 QUOTES

2 " Keeping a journal: The short entries are often as dry as instant tea. Writing them down is like pouring hot water over them to release their aroma. "

― Ernst Jünger , A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945

4 " Whenever I receive death announcements, I consistently notice that a kind of emotion grips me and I feel astonished disbelief. It is as though the departed had passed a difficult examination and achieved something I had not believed him capable of. "

― Ernst Jünger , A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945

6 " Authentic writing cannot be coerced. "

― Ernst Jünger , A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945

8 " The goal of life is to gain an idea of what life is. In the absolute sense, of course, that changes nothing, according to the priests - but it helps our journey. "

― Ernst Jünger , A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945

10 " If, according to Clausewitz, war is the continuation of politics by other means, this implies that the more absolute the methods used to wage war, the less politics can influence it. There is no negotiation in battle; no one has a free hand, and no one has the energy for it. In this sense, the war in the East has absolutely reached a magnitude that Clausewitz could never have imagined, even after the experiences of 1812. It is a war of states, people, citizens, and religions, with brutal escalation. In the West we still have a free hand for a little while. "

― Ernst Jünger , A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945

12 " We bring our chips to the table and gamble for infinitely high stakes. We are like children who play for beans without knowing that each one of them contains the potential for the marvels of blossoms and May. "

― Ernst Jünger , A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945