"Why did John Wilkes Booth do it? In My Thoughts Be Bloody young historian Nora Titone is one of the few to have genuinely explored this question. In doing so, she has crafted a fascinating psychological drama about one of the central events of the Civil War: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This book promises to stimulate lively historical debate, and will be a treat for every Civil War buff who always pondered that haunting question, â€œwhat made him pull that trigger?â€ Bravo on a marvelous achievement."

-- Jay Winik

#Drama Quotes #War Quotes #Book Quotes

“No mean woman can cook well. It calls for a generous spirit, a light hand, and a large heart.”

Source : Eden Phillpotts (1906). “The Portreeve”
“What do you actually need? Food, clothing and shelter. Everything else is entertainment.”

Source : "Aloe Blacc Discusses His Grand Scheme to Get Some Dollars". Interview with Brandon Deroche, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2011.
“Learn early, learn often.”
“On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.”
“Everyone ought to take every opportunity to blast lawyers.”
“It is yet to be decided whether the Revolution must ultimately be considered as a blessing or a curse: a blessing or a curse, not to the present age alone, for with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved.”
“In my second year in Los Angeles, when I was eighteen, I wasn't getting any bookings, so I stopped going out, stopped partying. It was a matter of getting to the work. I had to focus.”
“Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.”

Source : Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.47, Random House

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