"I am making this statement an act of willful defiance of military authority, because I believe the war is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it."
Chapter 1, Regeneration, page 3: The opening line in Sassoon's Declaration

Rivers: "I'm quite sure you're not. As a matter of fact I don't even think you've got war neurosis."
Sassoon: "What have I got, then?"
Rivers: "You seem to have a very powerful anti-war neurosis."
Chapter 2, Regeneration, page 15: Sassoon asks Dr. Rivers if he seems mad.

Graves: "My God."
Sassoon: "That's what I thought."

Chapter 3, Regeneration, page 20: Captain Graves sees Craiglockhart for the first time.

Rivers: "So you agree with his view, but not his actions? Isn't that rather an artificial distinction?
Graves: "No, I don't thin it is. The way I see it, when you put the uniform on, in effect you sign a contract. And you...