It is their nature, beautiful and simple. That you would destroy such beings, Mr. Lincoln, such superior creatures, seems madness to me.โ โThat you speak of them with such reverence, Mr. Poe, seems madness to me.โ "Can you imagine it? Can you imagine seeing the universe through such eyes? Laughing in the face of time and deathโthe world your Garden of Eden? Your library? Your harem?
Seth Grahame-SmithThere are but two types of men who desire war: those who havenโt the slightest intention of fighting it themselves, and those who havenโt the slightest idea what it is. โฆ Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time.
Seth Grahame-SmithContrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.
Seth Grahame-SmithThe business of Mr. Bennett's life was to keep his daughters alive. The business of Mrs. Bennett's was to get them married.
Seth Grahame-SmithSometimes we see the Civil War in movies and imagine these neatly aligned rows of men with muskets, walking in line to shoot each other. In reality the things that fascinated me were how absolutely ruthless and violent so many engagements were, how much suffering and how men were not prepared.
Seth Grahame-Smith