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Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front Quotes: If only they would not look at one so-What great misery can be in two such small spots, no bigger than a man's thumb-in their eyes!
         

If only they would not look at one so-What great misery can be in two such small spots, no bigger than a man's thumb-in their eyes!


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If only they would not look at one so-What great misery can be in two such small spots, no bigger than a man's thumb-in their eyes!
         



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