“He suspended thinking; his mind was a bloody vacancy, like a room in which there has been a butchering.” — Michael Shaara Mind Copy Share Image
There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield. — Michael Shaara Battlefield Copy Share Image
“He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game.” — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“How do you force a man to fight – for freedom? The idiocy of it jarred him.” — Michael Shaara Freedom Copy Share Image
“How can they look in the eyes of a man and make a slave of him and then quote the Bible?” — Michael Shaara Bible Copy Share Image
A man who has been shot at is a new realist, and what do you say to a realist when the war… — Michael Shaara Men Copy Share Image
It rained all that night. The next day was Saturday, the Fourth of July. — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“Ross said, “They play even during an attack. Not very good. But inspiring. Have you heard the Rebel yell?” Fremantle nodded. “Godawful… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“The great white joker in the sky dooms us all to stupidity or poverty from birth. No two things on earth are… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“Everybody knows all the movements. General So and So should have done such and such. God knows we all try. We none… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“Saw the face of Robert Lee. Incredible eyes. An honest man, a simple man. Out of date. They all ride to glory,… — Michael Shaara American civil war Copy Share Image
If men were equal in America, all these Poles and English and Czechs and blacks, then they were equal everywhere, and there… — Michael Shaara America Copy Share Image
The thing about the heart was that you could not coax it or force it, as you could any other disease. Will… — Michael Shaara Disease Copy Share Image
“In the dark of the trees he could smell splintered wood and see white upturned faces like wide white dirty flowers.” — Michael Shaara Dark trees Copy Share Image
“I don't really understand it. Never have. The more I think on it the more it horrifies me. How can they look… — Michael Shaara Bible Copy Share Image
“I tell you, Colonel, we got to win this war. What will happen, do you think, if we lose? Do you think… — Michael Shaara Balance of power Copy Share Image
“Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852. It became a publishing sensation. Lincoln was later wryly to remark to her:… — Michael Shaara Uncle tom Copy Share Image
“It came to him in the night sometimes with a sudden appalling shock that the boys he was fighting were boys he… — Michael Shaara War Copy Share Image
“To be a good soldier you must love the army. But to be a good officer you must be willing to order… — Michael Shaara Death Copy Share Image
“And yet suddenly, terribly, he wanted it again, the way it used to be, arms linked together, all drunk and singing beautifully… — Michael Shaara Death Copy Share Image
“There ought to be more than just that metallic end, and then silence, then the worms, and sometimes he believed, but just… — Michael Shaara Silence Copy Share Image
I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must… — Michael Shaara Artillery Copy Share Image
Pickett excused himself, watchful of Longstreet. Pickett was always saying something to irritate somebody, and he rarely knew why, so his method… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“Longstreet took a deep breath. In the winter the fever had come to Richmond. In a week they were dead. All within… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“The true rain came in a monster wind, and the storm broke in blackness over the hills and the bloody valley; the… — Michael Shaara Rain Copy Share Image
“He bent down, scratched the black dirt into his fingers. He was beginning to warm to it; the words were beginning to… — Michael Shaara Dirt Copy Share Image
“We are never prepared for so many to die. So you understand? No one is. We expect some chosen few. We expect… — Michael Shaara American civil war Copy Share Image
“There is one thing you can do. You can resign now. You can refuse to lead it. But I cannot even do… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“He had grown up believing in America and the individual and it was a stronger faith than his faith in God. This… — Michael Shaara Faith Copy Share Image
I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must… — Michael Shaara American civil war Copy Share Image
Home. One place is just like another, really. Maybe not. But truth is it's all just rock and dirt and people are… — Michael Shaara Afghanistan Copy Share Image
“The truth is, Colonel, that there's no divine spark, bless you. There's many a man alive no more value than a dead… — Michael Shaara Better man Copy Share Image
“The great experiment. In democracy. The equality of rabble. In not much more than a generation they have come back to CLASS.… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“They rode for a while in silence, a tiny island in the smoky stream of marching men. Then Lee said slowly, in… — Michael Shaara American civil war Copy Share Image
“When he thought of the old man he could see him suddenly in a field in the spring, trying to move a… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“Amazing. Chamberlain let his eyes close down to the slits, retreating within himself. He had learned that you could sleep on your… — Michael Shaara Closing your eyes Copy Share Image
“Rise up smiling, and walk with me. Rise up in the armor of thy body and what shall pass shall make thee… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“He remembered the night in Arlington when the news came: secession. He remembered a paneled wall and firelight. When we heard the… — Michael Shaara American civil war Copy Share Image
“Chamberlain closed his eyes and saw it again. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. No book or music… — Michael Shaara Beauty Copy Share Image
