Journey's End (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Revision Notes

Journey's End: Key Quotations

Below is a list of all of the quotations we have covered organised by character and theme:

Fear and Coping (Courage and Cowardice)

1. Stanhope: "If I went up those steps into the front line – without being doped with whisky – I'd go mad with fright."
2. Hibbert: "I'm awfully sorry. I've got this – this beastly neuralgia."
3. Hibbert: "I think I'll turn straight in for a rest."

Social Class

1. Trotter: "Well, boys! 'Ere we are for six days again."
2. Trotter: "I 'aven't 'ad my apricots yet."

Community and Comradeship

1. Osborne: "I love that fellow. I'd go to hell with him."
2. Stanhope: "It's all right, Uncle. I'll stick it out now. It may not be much longer."

The Futility of War

1. Osborne: "You must always think of it like that if you can. Think of it all as – as romantic."
2. Raleigh: "It's frightfully exciting to think that we're just waiting here for an attack."