- [Kat comments on the German advance]
- Stanislaus Katczinsky: Paul, if we keep up this pace, we won't have conquered France for 180 years. I worked it out.
- [laughs]
- Paul Bäumer: Don't let them catch you, Kat.
- [French cannons bombard the German trenches]
- Tjaden Stackfleet: Creeping barrage.
- Paul Bäumer: What?
- Tjaden Stackfleet: Every couple of minutes, the artillery barrage makes an advance forward. And directly after that, the infantry moves forward.
- Albert Kropp: What does that mean exactly?
- Stanislaus Katczinsky: That they are coming!
- [the uniform Paul is given has another soldier's name written inside it]
- Paul Bäumer: It already belongs to someone.
- [On Marshal Foch's private train, Matthias Erzberger negotiates a ceasefire with the French]
- Matthias Erzberger: [Speaking to the French delegation while they were sitting] Monsieur le Maréchal, I am asking you for an armistice.
- General Ferdinand Foch: [after handing the document of armistice to Matthias] You have 72 hours to accept our conditions. They are non-negotiable.
- Matthias Erzberger: Seventy-two hours?
- General Ferdinand Foch: The war will continue until you sign them.
- Matthias Erzberger: Monsieur le Maréchal, in God's name, don't let 72 hours pass us by here. Thousands of lives depend on it.
- General Ferdinand Foch: [Marshal stands up to hand a pen to Matthias] Sign then!
- Stanislaus Katczinsky: How is all this going to work out, hmm? Returning to a home, having to go back to our normal being. Where all everyone wants to know about are the battles we've been in. We'll be like travelers who belong in another country elsewhere. Sometimes I wonder... Would I be happier with you here at camp?