There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield. — Michael Shaara Earth Copy Share Image
“He suspended thinking; his mind was a bloody vacancy, like a room in which there has been a butchering.” — Michael Shaara Psychology Copy Share Image
“He remembered the night in Arlington when the news came: secession. He remembered a paneled wall and firelight. When we heard the… — Michael Shaara American civil war Copy Share Image
“When he thought of the old man he could see him suddenly in a field in the spring, trying to move a… — Michael Shaara Honest man Copy Share Image
“We are never prepared for so many to die. So you understand? No one is. We expect some chosen few. We expect… — Michael Shaara American civil war Copy Share Image
“In the dark of the trees he could smell splintered wood and see white upturned faces like wide white dirty flowers.” — Michael Shaara Trees Copy Share Image
It rained all that night. The next day was Saturday, the Fourth of July. — Michael Shaara Fourth Copy Share Image
“Ross said, “They play even during an attack. Not very good. But inspiring. Have you heard the Rebel yell?” Fremantle nodded. “Godawful… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
“Longstreet took a deep breath. In the winter the fever had come to Richmond. In a week they were dead. All within… — Michael Shaara Oh god Copy Share Image
Home. One place is just like another, really. Maybe not. But truth is it's all just rock and dirt and people are… — Michael Shaara Afghanistan Copy Share Image
“Amazing. Chamberlain let his eyes close down to the slits, retreating within himself. He had learned that you could sleep on your… — Michael Shaara Closing your eyes Copy Share Image
“If men were equal in America, all these former Poles and English and Czechs and blacks, then they were equal everywhere, and… — Michael Shaara Freedom Copy Share Image
“The faith itself was simple; he believed in the dignity of man. His ancestors were Huguenots, refugees of a chained and bloody… — Michael Shaara Faith Copy Share Image
“The great experiment. In democracy. The equality of rabble. In not much more than a generation they have come back to CLASS.… — Michael Shaara George w Copy Share Image
“And yet suddenly, terribly, he wanted it again, the way it used to be, arms linked together, all drunk and singing beautifully… — Michael Shaara Death Copy Share Image
“They rode for a while in silence, a tiny island in the smoky stream of marching men. Then Lee said slowly, in… — Michael Shaara American civil war Copy Share Image
“I wish we could take the hill. Could flood right on over it and end the war, wipe them all away in… — Michael Shaara Michael-shaara Copy Share Image
Why do there have to be men like that, men who enjoy another man's dying? — Michael Shaara Another man Copy Share Image
“The truth is, Colonel, that there's no divine spark, bless you. There's many a man alive no more value than a dead… — Michael Shaara Better man Copy Share Image
A man who has been shot at is a new realist, and what do you say to a realist when the war… — Michael Shaara Men Copy Share Image
If men were equal in America, all these Poles and English and Czechs and blacks, then they were equal everywhere, and there… — Michael Shaara America Copy Share Image
“How do you force a man to fight – for freedom? The idiocy of it jarred him.” — Michael Shaara Freedom Copy Share Image
“He had grown up believing in America and the individual and it was a stronger faith than his faith in God. This… — Michael Shaara Faith Copy Share Image
“It came to him in the night sometimes with a sudden appalling shock that the boys he was fighting were boys he… — Michael Shaara War Copy Share Image
