“The Titanic woke them up. Never again would they be quite so sure of themselves. In technology especially, the disaster was a terrible blow. Here was the "unsinkable ship" -- perhaps man's greatest engineering achievement -- going down the first… — 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
