“ Depression can seem absurdly self aggrandizing to those who do not experience it, But that does not make it any less painful to those who do. Richard Brookhiser
“ It was as simple as walking and as hard as walking on with so far gone and so far yet to go. Richard Brookhiser
“ Lincoln bore down or anything he handled, mastering both the details and the principles. Richard Brookhiser
“ God produced great writing, a matter of first importance to a man like Lincoln, ever impressed with the nature of cause and forces. Richard Brookhiser
“ Dominance can be a tempration to division. "There are so many of us, we can afford to fight amongst ourselves. Richard Brookhiser
“ Lincoln learned to summon the passions, but he never addressed his audience as sweethearts. Richard Brookhiser
“ Lincoln was less well-read than many a professor or journalist, but what he read, he read deeply. Richard Brookhiser
“ The lightheaded and the fashionable are always willing to shed tears for distant underdogs. Richard Brookhiser
“ Since we never get everything we want or need from our families, we look for sufficiency in surrogates. Richard Brookhiser
“ Lincoln began to emerge from his funk by helping a coworker who looked up to him out of a funk of his own. Richard Brookhiser
