“nerve, n.: I’ve got a lot of it for feeling hurt so strongly; you’ve got a lot of it for ignoring this fact repeatedly.”— David Levithan, twitter.com
“In seeking to upset the enemy's balance, a commander must not lose his own balance. He needs to have the quality, which Voltaire described as the keystone of Marlborough's success– 'the calm courage in the midst of tumult, that serenity of soul in danger, which the English call a cool head.' But to…”— B.H. Liddell Hart, amazon.com
“A shell exploded in front of him while writing. Glanced up, went back to writing. A shell decapitated a horse next to him while he was looking through field glasses. He kept his eyes on the front. Ulysses don't scare worth a drama.”— Theodore Lyman, amazon.com
“Grant doing a photoshoot with Matthew Brady midafternoon. Brady sends an assistant upstairs to cover the skylight. He slips and shatters the light. Shards of glass two inches thick fall exactly where Grant is sitting. Each one could have killed him. Brady looks over. Grant hasn't moved. He is unhurt…”— Theodore Lyman, amazon.com
“To be heard, you have to agree you have been harmed. So you are complicit in our injuries.”— Epictetus, amazon.com
“The only man who, at the first shock, ran towards the scene of terror was Grant... which shows his kind of character very well.”— Theodore Lyman, amazon.com