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> [When I began work on my first book, The River of Doubt, which tells the story of Theodore Roosevelts 1914 descent of an unmapped river in the Amazon rainforest, I thought of it as a tale of adventure, exploration and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/when-i-began-work-on-my-first-book-the-river-of-doubt-which-tells-the/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

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## More by Candice Millard

> [“Garfield's shooting had also revealed to the American people how vulnerable they were. In the little more than a century since its inception, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/garfield-s-shooting-had-also-revealed-to-the-american-people-how/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [“I so much despise a man who blows his own horn, that I go to the other extreme.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/i-so-much-despise-a-man-who-blows-his-own-horn-that-i-go-to-the-other/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [“I must say that I thought there was some derangement of his mental organization.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/i-must-say-that-i-thought-there-was-some-derangement-of-his-mental/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [“One of Roosevelt's most entrenched beliefs, as a cowboy, a hunter, a soldier, and an explorer, was that the health of one man should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/one-of-roosevelt-s-most-entrenched-beliefs-as-a-cowboy-a-hunter-a/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [“Of course I deprecate war,” he wrote, “but if it is brought to my door the bringer will find me at home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/of-course-i-deprecate-war-he-wrote-but-if-it-is-brought-to-my-door/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/if-uncovering-the-truth-is-the-greatest-challenge-of-nonfiction/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [More often than not, real life is so rich, complex and unpredictable that it would seem completely implausible in the pages of a novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/more-often-than-not-real-life-is-so-rich-complex-and-unpredictable/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [“The author points out strikingly different reactions to calamity. While many passengers of a devastating shipwreck were thankful to be alive, future presidential assassin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/the-author-points-out-strikingly-different-reactions-to-calamity/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [“convex side of the train,” he wrote, “when both the”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/convex-side-of-the-train-he-wrote-when-both-the/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/with-the-lincoln-assassination-the-south-didn-t-feel-it-could-mourn/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [“The ordinary traveler, who never goes off the beaten route and who on this beaten route is carried by others, without himself doing anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/the-ordinary-traveler-who-never-goes-off-the-beaten-route-and-who-on/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/as-i-have-encountered-difficult-moments-in-my-own-life-i-have-been/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [“Dr. Lister, who treated the wounded Pres. Garfield, had been so stung by the medical establishment's reaction to his embrace of African-American doctors that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/dr-lister-who-treated-the-wounded-pres-garfield-had-been-so-stung-by/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> [I have always been interested in the idea of self-reinvention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/i-have-always-been-interested-in-the-idea-of-self-reinvention/)

[Candice Millard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/candice-millard/)

> ['Honor in the Dust' is less about the freedom of the Philippines than the soul of the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/candice-millard/honor-in-the-dust-is-less-about-the-freedom-of-the-philippines-than/)

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