"I saw him die. I didn't know what it was like to die before! And then, then I came outside and it felt so good to be …"

"Out of 20, three are officers, nine dead, Müller and three others wounded, and one in the mad house. We'll all be dea…"

"[Paul is trapped in a shell crater with the body of a French soldier who was just mortally wounded.] I want to help y…"

"You know I can't run away. That's why you accuse me. I tell you, I didn't want to kill you. I tried to keep you alive…"

"Sometime I'm gonna take one of you volunteers apart — find out what makes you leave school and join the army. H…"

"[to new recruits] Now you're gonna see some shell fire, and you're gonna be scared... [a shell explodes nearby and th…"

"That cannon shell you don't have to pay much attention to. Those big fellas just make a lot of noise and land about f…"

"There's 80 of us left. The rest is in dressing stations or pushing up daisies"

"[to Paul on his return] It's gonna be a real war again."

"[While on a mission with his comrades, Paul takes cover in a shell hole to protect himself from gunfire] I say "You m…"