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“Thus, the day ended in a tactical stalemate, with the Union suffering nearly 12,500 casualties (including over 2,000 dead) and the Confederates suffering over…

— Charles River Editors

“Other men’s fathers may have died of the rheumatism or may have taken base contagion from the tainted blood of the sick vulgar, but…

— Charles Dickens

“These people no doubt became more common in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and judging from La Fontaine, those who tried to cheat death…

— Philippe Ariès

“Men and women who had worn suits for decades traded punches powerful enough to crush elephant skulls, dodged and deflected attacks too fast for…

— Zachary Jernigan

“It was the first time in a half century that they had been so close and had enough time to look at each other…

— Gabriel García Márquez

Of the 664 men who rode into the Valley of Death about 540 eventually got out of it again. By far the highest casualty…

— Simon Heffer

Only in the English countryside could violent death remain something that is 'cosy.'

— Liz Williams

“The incident was a recurring dream, concocted years before by stupid whites and it eternally came back to haunt us all. The secretary and…

— Maya Angelou

“Robert held back in the press, letting others go after the rebels fleeing before the charge. Their orders were to slaughter anyone found in…

— Robyn Young

The die is cast. The people have passed the river and cut away the bridge. Last night three cargoes of tea were emptied into…

— John Adams

I don't think anyone takes the deaths in Midsomer as seriously as in say Wire In The Blood or Silent Witness. We're part of…

— John Nettles

Here was my first lesson on the resolutely maintained untidiness and ill-health of the English upper orders. In baggy evening dress and old before…

— Clive James