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The Eye in the Door
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"The Eye in the Door" Quotes

A young doctor in World War I London struggles with his own mental health as he becomes embroiled in a government conspiracy to remove pacifists and homosexuals from positions of influence.

Quotes

The war was bad enough, but now we're dealing with the people who made it possible.

Pat Barker

war

One of the great mysteries of life, he thought, was the way the most ordinary things could be made beautiful.

Pat Barker

beauty

The past is always only the past. The present moment holds no future, except by the memory of the past.

Pat Barker

pastpresent

The war made everything so precarious. You couldn't take anything for granted.

Pat Barker

war

The only way to understand your enemy is to love him a little.

Pat Barker

warlove

There is no cure for the love of money.

Pat Barker

moneylove

Sometimes there's nothing left to do but tell the truth.

Pat Barker

truth

The thing about the past was that it was like a stone in your shoe.

Pat Barker

past

War has a way of turning things upside down.

Pat Barker

war

The only way to get rid of fear is to go through it.

Pat Barker

fear