# Quote — Gertrude Stein, Wars I Have Seen

> The idea of enemies is awful it makes one stop remembering eternity and the fear of death. That is what enemies are. Possessions are the same as enemies only less so, they too make one forget eternity and the fear of death.

- Author: [Gertrude Stein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein.md)
- Book: [Wars I Have Seen](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein/wars-i-have-seen.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein/wars-i-have-seen/the-idea-of-enemies

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> Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.

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> A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by little it grows nothing but vegetables, nothing, nothing but vegetables.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/gertrude-stein/wars-i-have-seen/a-vegetable-garden.md)

> War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

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