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

#suffering #men

Without dignity, identity is erased. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#world-war-ii

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

#happiness #family

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

#war #life

A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#inspirational

Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#food

Without dignity, identity is erased. In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors and the circumstances in which they are forced to live. ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#men

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

— Laura Hillenbrand

#zeppelin #world-war-ii

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

— Laura Hillenbrand

#interviewed #met #never #people

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

— Laura Hillenbrand

#research #story #straightforward #task #tell