Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.
I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing. - Walter Lord
I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing.
- Walter Lord
The ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect. - Walter Lord
The ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter… - Walter Lord
It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter…
There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people… - Walter Lord
There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people…
Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future. - Walter Lord
Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future.
I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations. - Walter Lord
I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical c… - Walter Lord
Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical c…
It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing m… - Walter Lord
It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing m…
Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain… - Walter Lord
Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain…
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