Unfortunately this earth is not. . . a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh.
Source: Letter, 19 July 1944, to his wife Gerda; in The Bormann Letters, ed. by Hugh Trevor-Roper, 1954.
-- Martin Bormann, (Jun 17 1900-1945), German political leader; He was a party leader in Nazi Germany and one of Adolf Hitler's closest lieutenants.