“I wonder whether certain dreadful events, of the sort this picture is full of, are not so incalculably rich in the possibilities… — James Agee Copy Share Image
“The veneer of civilization fell away to reveal desperate animals, humanity at their worst.” — Travis Luedke Copy Share Image
“Back home, this Catholic kid was accustomed to a Protestant culture's condescension, but here he could see for himself the world-historic glories… — James Carroll Copy Share Image
No matter how much of our liberty Washington takes away in the name of security, there are no guarantees that there won't… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“And a ton came down on a coloured road, And a ton came down on a gaol, And a ton came down… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
“Hitler is the rare individual who really did make history - specifically he made it worse.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“He grieved too, Klara said, for the loss of a certain idea of himself.” — Julie Orringer Copy Share Image
“The dead were buried above ground, the loose soil heaped around them. The heavy rains of the monsoon months softened the mounds,… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
We don't know our hearts until life puts us to the test, and WWII fascinates because it was the last time everyone… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“My parents didn't settle for the lives their parents lived. They stepped out and up, my father lying his way into the… — Ann Medlock Copy Share Image
“On the black cotton was printed a white skull and crossbones - the skull head grinning as if he were mocking her.… — Victoria Dougherty Copy Share Image
“In therapy, to meet the needs of traumatized survivors of war and torture, the patient is requested to repeatedly talk about the… — Alfred Nestor Copy Share Image
“Integrating the beauty of seasonal change into the residence was a concept that remains true even today even in the more cramped,… — Judith Clancy Copy Share Image
“Inside my carriage there was mass panic and I was in danger of being trampled, but somebody picked me off the floor,… — Alfred Nestor Copy Share Image
“In decades from now, I’m sure they’ll say we Joes were all noble, every one of us grimy but patriotic cherubs. Because… — Steve Anderson Copy Share Image
The Road To Serfdom was written during WWII, and basically it's an anti-Nazi, anti-communist thing, but also it's an anti-Conservative and anti-Labor-party… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
“With our collective shock, what we saw seemed to be frozen into a state of suspended animation. Indelibly etched into our memories… — Alfred Nestor Copy Share Image
“Denise, the Nazi soldiers in those trucks do not suspect they're about to be outfoxed by two girls." In the stillness before… — Amy McAuley Copy Share Image
“Matansa. It means massacre in the Chamorro language, and is a nickname for the village of San Roque in the northern part… — M.B. Dallocchio Copy Share Image
At this point in time the war [ WWII] is close enough to still feel hotly personal to a writer, yet far… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
At the time I was writing 'Weedflower,' my friend Naomi Hirahara was writing a book about Japanese-American flower farmers. She knew quite… — Cynthia Kadohata Copy Share Image
I did a film called 'Fort McCoy,' based on a true story of one of the few internment camps during WWII that… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image