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War consists of months of intolerable boredom interspersed with moments of extreme fear.
Anonymous
About This Quote
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Interpretation
The line is a veteran’s observation that much of military life is dominated by long stretches of waiting, routine, and discomfort, with danger arriving suddenly and intensely in brief episodes.
Extended Quotation
War itself has been described as “months of intolerable boredom interspersed with moments of agonising fear.”
Variations
War consists of months of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.
Weeks of intolerable boredom, punctuated by moments of agonising fear.
Months of monotonous fatigue, punctuated by moments of agonising fear.
Months of boredom punctuated by moments of extreme terror.
War consists … of long periods of extreme boredom, punctuated by short and sharp periods of extreme danger.
Misattributions
- Lieut. H. O. A. Anne
- Scott Hurtt Paradise
- Lieutenant Philip Smith
- Field-Marshal Lord Milne
