“As if this wasn’t enough, word spread of a new peril. Enemy troops masquerading as refugees were said to be infiltrating the lines. From now on, the orders ran, all women were to be challenged by rifle. What next? wondered… — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
“Seen and unseen, the great and the unknown tumbled together in a writhing heap as the bow plunged deeper and the stern rose higher.” — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
“Robertson called his ship the Titan; the White Star Line called its ship the Titanic. This is the story of her last night.” — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
“It is a rash man indeed who would set himself up as final arbiter on all that happened the incredible night the Titanic went… — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
“Before the Titanic, all was quiet. Afterward all was tumult. That is why, to anybody who lived at the time, the Titanic more than… — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like… — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
“The night was a magnificent confirmation of "women and children first," yet somehow the loss rate was higher for Third Class children than First… — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just… — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
“Gentry crept out. There, stuck in the slime a few feet away, was a huge unexploded bomb. It was about the size of a… — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
You have to study the people and the ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect. — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake. — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
“This was the era when gentlemen formally offered their services to "unprotected ladies" at the start of an Atlantic voyage.” — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they… — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
“Overriding everything else, the Titanic also marked the end of a general feeling of confidence.” — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly… — Walter Lord Copy Share Image
