39 Quotes by Michael Shaara

Saw the face of Robert Lee. Incredible eyes. An honest man, a simple man. Out of date. They all ride to glory, all the plumed knights.

He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game.

I wish we could take the hill. Could flood right on over it and end the war, wipe them all away in one great motion. But we can't. No matter how much I wish...or trust in God...

Perhaps it was only that when you try to put it into words you cannot express it truly, it never sounds as you dream it.

There’s nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield.

Why do there have to be men like that, men who enjoy another man’s dying?

I’ll wave no more flags for home. No tears for Mother. Nobody ever died for apple pie.

A true gentleman has no vices, but he allows you your own.

Well, boy, if he’s an angel, he’s sure a murderin’ angel.