A fact is not a truth until you love it.

As a Southerner I would have to say that one of the main importances of the War is that Southerners have a sense of defeat which none of the rest of the country has.

I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.

A rich man's war and a poor man's fight.

If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner, or D.H. Lawrence, or John Keats. They can teach you everything you need to know about writing.

I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.

A combination of all that was best in the gladdest days of the departing year.