We just sat there and watched the plane pass the island, and it never came back," he said. "I could see it on the radar. It makes you feel terrible. Life was cheap in war.
His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times. - Laura Hillenbrand
His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times.
- Laura Hillenbrand
Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are … - Laura Hillenbrand
Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are …
It's easy to talk to a horse if you understand his language. Horses stay the same from the day they are born until the day they die. They are only ch… - Laura Hillenbrand
It's easy to talk to a horse if you understand his language. Horses stay the same from the day they are born until the day they die. They are only ch…
In 1938... the year's #1 newsmaker was not FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. Nor was it Lou Gehrig or Clark Gable. The subject of the most newspaper column … - Laura Hillenbrand
In 1938... the year's #1 newsmaker was not FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. Nor was it Lou Gehrig or Clark Gable. The subject of the most newspaper column …
When he thought of his history, what resonated with him now was not all that he had suffered but the divine love that he believed had intervened to s… - Laura Hillenbrand
When he thought of his history, what resonated with him now was not all that he had suffered but the divine love that he believed had intervened to s…
The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only whe… - Laura Hillenbrand
The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only whe…
I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled. - Laura Hillenbrand
I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled.
... character reigns preeminent in determining potential. - Laura Hillenbrand
... character reigns preeminent in determining potential.
My work was entirely nonfiction. - Laura Hillenbrand
My work was entirely nonfiction.
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