I will tell you what war is. War is a psychosis caused by a… - John Fowles

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I will tell you what war is. War is a psychosis caused by an inability to see relationships. Our relationship with our fellowmen. Our relationship with our economic and historical situation. And above all our relationship to nothingness, to death.

John Fowles
The Magus

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John Robert Fowles (31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist and essayist.

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