“ A fantastically huge, roiling cloud, glowing bluish gray, swaggered over the city. It was more than three miles tall. Below it Hiroshima was boiling. Laura Hillenbrand
“ The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when their tormentors suffer. Laura Hillenbrand
“ The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when they make their tormentors suffer. In seeking the… Laura Hillenbrand
“ I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled. Laura Hillenbrand
“ We just sat there and watched the plane pass the island, and it never came back," he said. "I could see it on the radar. It makes you feel terrible. Life was cheap in war. Laura Hillenbrand
“ He had no money and no home; he lived entirely on the road of the racing circuit, sleeping in empty stalls, carrying with him only a saddle, his rosary, and his books....The books were the closest thi… Laura Hillenbrand
“ I am in an altogether new world now. I can think of nothing more wonderful. It is a real touch of all that heaven means. Laura Hillenbrand
“ Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at… Laura Hillenbrand
