I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals. Paul Fussell More Quotes by Paul Fussell More Quotes From Paul Fussell So many bright futures consigned to the ashes of the past.So many dreams lost in the madness that had engulfed us.Except for a few widely scattered shouts of joy,the survivors of the abyss sat hollow-eyed and silent, trying to comprehend a world without war. Paul Fussell dream war past The simple is carefully shunned by those who labour to seem what they would be. Paul Fussell simple would-be seems All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel Paul Fussell around-the-world leaving travel If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another. Paul Fussell casualties truth-is war Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends. Paul Fussell ironic war mean If you are an author and give one of your books to a member of the upper class, you must never expect him to read it. Paul Fussell The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower your class. Paul Fussell