“We're all being left out one way or the other. The survivors miss being heroes. The heroes miss being alive. The only ones not left out are the ones who never went in.” — Cynthia Bass Copy Share Image
“We're all being left out one way or the other. The survivors miss being heroes. The heroes miss being alive. The only ones not… — Cynthia Bass Copy Share Image
“The life of a soldier seemed like a climb up a stairway without any stairs, only the wooden supporting spine of preagreed ritual. Step… — Cynthia Bass Copy Share Image
“The only element still surprising was how rapidly Sherman was moving: for whichever direction I looked, he'd been here already, burning and emptying out.… — Cynthia Bass Copy Share Image
“I felt entangled now: this March, this South, this war, history. History could not possibly let the South get away with slavery; history would… — Cynthia Bass Copy Share Image
“I've heard of more ways to die in this war than I knew there were corpses. I've heard there isn't a battle where both… — Cynthia Bass Copy Share Image
