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Laura Hillenbrand quotes: My work was entirely nonfiction.

My work was entirely nonfiction.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: I have to go around with my shirt open so that I have enough room for my chest.

I have to go around with my shirt open so that I have enough room for my chest.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: Four more times the Japanese strafed them, sending Louie into the water to kick and punch at the sharks until the bomber had passed.

Four more times the Japanese strafed them, sending Louie into the water to kick and punch at the sharks until the bomber had passed.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: The turret was shot with holes, and the floor was jingling with flakes of metal and turret motor.

The turret was shot with holes, and the floor was jingling with flakes of metal and turret motor.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: The following Wednesday, I opted to go with Random House.

The following Wednesday, I opted to go with Random House.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: He felt his consciousness slipping, his mind losing adhesion, until all he knew was a single thought: He cannot break me.

He felt his consciousness slipping, his mind losing adhesion, until all he knew was a single thought: He cannot break me.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: For 'Seabiscuit', I interviewed 100 people I never met.

For 'Seabiscuit', I interviewed 100 people I never met.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: People had long conversations with him, only to realize later that he hadn't spoken.

People had long conversations with him, only to realize later that he hadn't spoken.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: daughter-in-law, Cecy, with whom she had become dear friends.

daughter-in-law, Cecy, with whom she had become dear friends.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: We had to rebuild him, both mentally and physically, but you don't have to rebuild the heart when it's already there, big as all outdoors.

We had to rebuild him, both mentally and physically, but you don't have to rebuild the heart when it's already there, big as all outdoors.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: He had a colorless translucence about him that made him seem as if he were in the earliest stages of progressive invisibility.

He had a colorless translucence about him that made him seem as if he were in the earliest stages of progressive invisibility.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: If you dig into it, it comes back to you. That's the way war is.

If you dig into it, it comes back to you. That's the way war is.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: It is in times of superlative hardship that individuals live their epic adventures, stories that thrill, fascinate, inspire, and illuminate.

It is in times of superlative hardship that individuals live their epic adventures, stories that thrill, fascinate, inspire, and illuminate.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: We figure he is the people's horse, and we propose to train him in the open.

We figure he is the people's horse, and we propose to train him in the open.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled ... and I just wanted to keep being filled.

I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled ... and I just wanted to keep being filled.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: You were afraid to look up because you felt your face might be seen from above.

You were afraid to look up because you felt your face might be seen from above.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: Charlie Tilghman, who flies a restored B-24 for the Commemorative Air Force, taught me about flying the Liberator.

Charlie Tilghman, who flies a restored B-24 for the Commemorative Air Force, taught me about flying the Liberator.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: It was not a great presence but a great absence, a geometric ocean of darkness that seemed to swallow heaven itself.

It was not a great presence but a great absence, a geometric ocean of darkness that seemed to swallow heaven itself.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: This, this little home," he said, "was worth all of it.

This, this little home," he said, "was worth all of it.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: Though the captives' resistance was dangerous, through such acts, dignity was preserved, and through dignity, life itself.

Though the captives' resistance was dangerous, through such acts, dignity was preserved, and through dignity, life itself.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: A fantastically huge, roiling cloud, glowing bluish gray, swaggered over the city. It was more than three miles tall. Below it Hiroshima was boiling.

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 quotes: Zamperini looked toward his crewmates. They were too weak

Zamperini looked toward his crewmates. They were too weak

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.

I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: Louie, declared dead more than sixty years earlier, would outlive them all.

Louie, declared dead more than sixty years earlier, would outlive them all.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: ... character reigns preeminent in determining potential.

... character reigns preeminent in determining potential.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: I have to detach myself completely from aspirations. I hardly ever listen to music anymore because it arouses all of this yearning in me.

I have to detach myself completely from aspirations. I hardly ever listen to music anymore because it arouses all of this yearning in me.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.

But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: Fatigue is what we experience, but it is what a match is to an atomic bomb.

Fatigue is what we experience, but it is what a match is to an atomic bomb.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: Some men may be wired for optimism, others for doubt.

Some men may be wired for optimism, others for doubt.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: Without dignity, identity is erased.

Without dignity, identity is erased.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: His old riot of black hair was now a translucent scrim of white, but his blue eyes still threw sparks.

His old riot of black hair was now a translucent scrim of white, but his blue eyes still threw sparks.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: So long,Charley.

So long,Charley.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden.

The biggest problem has been exhaustion. I've spent about 6 of the last 14 years completely bedridden.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: With arms shrunken to little more than bone and yellowed skin, the castaways waved and shouted,

With arms shrunken to little more than bone and yellowed skin, the castaways waved and shouted,

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: I'll be an easier subject than Seabiscuit, because I can talk." Louis Zamperini to Laura Hillenbrand.

I'll be an easier subject than Seabiscuit, because I can talk." Louis Zamperini to Laura Hillenbrand.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: In September 1942, a B-17 crashed in the Pacific, stranding nine men on a raft. Within a few days, one had died and the rest had gone mad.

In September 1942, a B-17 crashed in the Pacific, stranding nine men on a raft. Within a few days, one had died and the rest had gone mad.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: Maybe it was better to break a man's leg than to break his heart.

Maybe it was better to break a man's leg than to break his heart.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: The fatal poison of irresponsible power.

The fatal poison of irresponsible power.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: They were alone on sixty-four million square miles of ocean. A month earlier,

They were alone on sixty-four million square miles of ocean. A month earlier,

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: His body was worn and weathered, his skin scratched with lines mapping the miles of his life.

His body was worn and weathered, his skin scratched with lines mapping the miles of his life.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: I had been writing professionally since 1988.

I had been writing professionally since 1988.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: Pillsbury shouted the only word that came to mind. Ow!

Pillsbury shouted the only word that came to mind. Ow!

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: If I knew I had to go through those experiences again," he finally said, "I'd kill myself.

If I knew I had to go through those experiences again," he finally said, "I'd kill myself.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain. Louie thought: Let go.

A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain. Louie thought: Let go.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe.

My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: Only the laundry knew how scared I was.

Only the laundry knew how scared I was.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times.

His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: I'm attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it.

I'm attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs.

His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Old Pops and I have got four good legs between us," he said. "Maybe that's enough.

Old Pops and I have got four good legs between us," he said. "Maybe that's enough.

Laura Hillenbrand quotes: Resentment, the emotion that, Jane Amery would write, 'nails every one of us onto the cross of his ruined past.'

Resentment, the emotion that, Jane Amery would write, 'nails every one of us onto the cross of his ruined past.'