--- title: "1 Closing your eyes Quotes By Michael Shaara" description: "1 Closing your eyes quotes by Michael Shaara. Plus more from Michael Shaara and more Closing your eyes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/michael-shaara-13044_closing-your-eyes_amazing-chamberlain-let-his-eyes-close-d_1806729.jpg" --- > [“Amazing. Chamberlain let his eyes close down to the slits, retreating within himself. He had learned that you could sleep on your feet on the long marches. You set your feet to going and after a while they went by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/amazing-chamberlain-let-his-eyes-close-down-to-the-slits-retreating/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/michael-shaara-13044_closing-your-eyes_amazing-chamberlain-let-his-eyes-close-d_1806729.jpg) ## Other authors on Closing your eyes - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/closing-your-eyes/haruki-murakami/) ## More by Michael Shaara > [“The great white joker in the sky dooms us all to stupidity or poverty from birth. No two things on earth are equal or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/the-great-white-joker-in-the-sky-dooms-us-all-to-stupidity-or-poverty/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [“I tell you, Colonel, we got to win this war. What will happen, do you think, if we lose? Do you think the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/i-tell-you-colonel-we-got-to-win-this-war-what-will-happen-do-you/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [Perhaps it was only that when you try to put it into words you cannot express it truly, it never sounds as you dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/perhaps-it-was-only-that-when-you-try-to-put-it-into-words-you-cannot/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [Pickett excused himself, watchful of Longstreet. Pickett was always saying something to irritate somebody, and he rarely knew why, so his method was simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/pickett-excused-himself-watchful-of-longstreet-pickett-was-always/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/i-ve-been-a-soldier-all-my-life-i-ve-fought-from-the-ranks-on-up-you/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [“He bent down, scratched the black dirt into his fingers. He was beginning to warm to it; the words were beginning to flow. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/he-bent-down-scratched-the-black-dirt-into-his-fingers-he-was/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [“The true rain came in a monster wind, and the storm broke in blackness over the hills and the bloody valley; the sky opened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/the-true-rain-came-in-a-monster-wind-and-the-storm-broke-in-blackness/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [“I'll wave no more flags for home. No tears for Mother. Nobody ever died for apple pie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/i-ll-wave-no-more-flags-for-home-no-tears-for-mother-nobody-ever-died/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [“To be a good soldier you must love the army. But to be a good officer you must be willing to order the death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/to-be-a-good-soldier-you-must-love-the-army-but-to-be-a-good-officer/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [“I don't really understand it. Never have. The more I think on it the more it horrifies me. How can they look in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/i-don-t-really-understand-it-never-have-the-more-i-think-on-it-the/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [“He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/he-was-one-of-those-like-stuart-who-looked-on-war-as-god-s-greatest/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [“There is one thing you can do. You can resign now. You can refuse to lead it. But I cannot even do that. Cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/there-is-one-thing-you-can-do-you-can-resign-now-you-can-refuse-to/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [“Then after that I asked this fella what rights he had that we were offendin’, and he said, well, he didn't know, but he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/then-after-that-i-asked-this-fella-what-rights-he-had-that-we-were/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [“There ought to be more than just that metallic end, and then silence, then the worms, and sometimes he believed, but just this moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/there-ought-to-be-more-than-just-that-metallic-end-and-then-silence/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) > [I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shaara/i-ve-been-a-soldier-all-my-life-i-ve-fought-from-the-ranks-on-up-you-2/) [Michael Shaara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shaara/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/closing-your-eyes/michael-shaara/#itemlist", "name": "1 Closing your eyes Quotes By Michael Shaara", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Amazing. Chamberlain let his eyes close down to the slits, retreating within himself. He had learned that you could sleep on your feet on the long marches. 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