"Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain." ― Elizabeth Bowen Topic(s): War More From Elizabeth Bowen "Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies." "Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day." "When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out." More In War "Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920’s and 1930’s when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother’s keeper."― Hubert H. Humphrey "The only defensible war is a war of defense."― Gilbert K. Chesterton "If it hadn’t been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space."― James Lovelock