“Old Colonel Chesnut came for us. When the train stopped, Quashie, shiny black, was seen on his box, as glossy and perfect in his way as his blooded bays, but the old colonel would stop and pick up the dirtiest… — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts. — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
“We try our soldiers to see if they are hot enough before we enlist them. If, when water is thrown on them they do… — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
Richmond has fallen - and I have no heart to write about it... They are too many for us. Everything lost in Richmond, even… — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
Peace, comfort, quiet, happiness, I have found away from home. Only your own family, those nearest and dearest, can hurt you. — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
“I think incompatibility of temper began when it was made plain to us that we get all the opprobrium of slavery while they, with… — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
Darkest of all Decembers ever has my life known, Sitting here by the embers, stunned, helpless, alone. — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
Is the sea drying up? It is going up into mist and coming down on us in this water spout, the rain. It raineth… — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men! — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world — Mary Boykin Chesnut Copy Share Image
