Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change. - H. G. Wells

The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain
in the world had found a voice

Aren't we all agreed about those things — in theory?'

In theory, yes,' said Bobby. 'But not in reality. If every one really wanted to abolish the difference of rich and poor it would be as easy as pie to find a way. There's always a way to everything if you want to do it enough. But nobody really wants to do these things. Not as we want meals. All sorts of other things people want, but wanting to have no rich and poor any more isn't real wanting; it is just a matter of pious sentiment. And so it is about war. We don't want to be poor and we don't want to be hurt or worried by war, but that's not wanting to end those things.

For after the Battle comes quiet.