“You see, we haven't eaten since breakfast, we thought maybe you could...” – Paul, All Quiet on the Western Front ... Movie Quotes Database

Paul

You see, we haven't eaten since breakfast, we thought maybe you could tell us what we ought to do about it.

Tjaden

Eat without further delay. It's a bad town to bring an appetite to, soldier. We've been here since yesterday morning and we've been living on a bale of hay and razor blades.

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