Memory is a code to who we are, a collection of not just dates and facts but also of epic emotional struggles,… — David Grann Change Copy Share Image
One of my favorite authors to read is Eric Ambler, who helped pioneer the form of realistic suspense novels. — David Grann Books Copy Share Image
“Fawcett agreed that El Dorado, with its plethora of gold, was an “exaggerated romance,” but he was not ready to dismiss the… — David Grann Copy Share Image
“In five years, if the oil map continues to shift, the tribe may have to go back to work.” — David Grann Five years Copy Share Image
The political hero is not like the sports champion or matinee idol or daring inventor; like the war hero, he is born… — David Grann Born Copy Share Image
Firemen have a culture of death. There are rituals, carefully constructed for the living, to process the dead. — David Grann Culture Copy Share Image
“Asked at one point what he had done after the shooting, he replied, “I went home and ate supper.” — David Grann Copy Share Image
Early on, I tried fiction, but I wasn't very good at it. I wrote a very bad novel that is thankfully sitting… — David Grann Bad Copy Share Image
“...much of the discovery of the world was based on failure rather than on success--on tactical errors and pipe dreams.” — David Grann Dreams Copy Share Image
“White gave his men advice in case their cover was blown: “Keep your balance, avoid any rough stuff if possible.” Making it… — David Grann Good job Copy Share Image
“An Indian Affairs agent said, 'The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?” — David Grann Conquerors Copy Share Image
“Though it took enormous courage and virtue to risk your life in order to protect society, such selflessness also contained, at least… — David Grann Character Copy Share Image
“Starvation sounds almost unbelievable in forest country, and yet it is only too likely to happen. - Percy Harrison Fawcett” — David Grann Copy Share Image
“The room was dark. Nina Fawcett sat on one side of a table; on the other was a woman peering into a… — David Grann Crystal ball Copy Share Image
Books were a huge part of my childhood growing up. We would go on vacation, and my mom was always carting manuscripts… — David Grann Always Copy Share Image
“For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression.” — David Grann American revolution Copy Share Image
“Though Brian was only in his late thirties, his life had been scarred by death: not only had he lost his father… — David Grann Death Copy Share Image
Although baseball actually began as a game played largely by urban toughs, its image was soon reconstructed to mirror the country's pastoral… — David Grann Baseball Copy Share Image
“… If I tell you that the city toward which my journey tends is discontinuous in space and time, now scattered, now… — David Grann Journey Copy Share Image
“But by 1925 Fawcett had filled his papers with reams of delirious writings about the end of the world and about a… — David Grann End of the world Copy Share Image
In Brazil, the history of the interaction between blancos and indios - whites and Indians - often reads like an extended epitaph.… — David Grann Between Copy Share Image
One of the things I believe strongly in is developing institutions - legal, press, bureaucracies, academies - that are rooted in the… — David Grann Believe Copy Share Image
