“By the age of twenty-five, [Louis T. Wigfall] had managed to squander his considerable inheritance, settle three affairs of honor on the dueling ground, fight in a ruthless military campaign against the Seminoles, consume a small lakeful of bourbon, win an enviable reputation in whorehouses throughout the South, and get hauled before a judge on charges of murder. Three years after that, he took the next logical step and went into Texas politics.”
― 1861: The Civil War Awakening
― 1861: The Civil War Awakening
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
“I don't know if great times make great men, but I know they can kill them.”
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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