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Book cover for Robert E. Lee: A Life from Beginning to End (American Civil War)
Robert E. Lee was born in the state of Virginia, and for him, he was a Virginian first and an American second. It really wasn’t until after the American Civil War that the concept of being patriotic and loyal to the United States as a ...more
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Yukio Mishima
“There's no doubt that he'll be heading straight for tragedy. It will be beautiful, of course, but should he throw his whole life away as a sacrificial offering to such a fleeting beauty—like a bird in flight glimpsed from a window?”
Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow

Jim Mattis
“Reading is an honor and a gift from a warrior or historian who—a decade or a thousand decades ago—set aside time to write. He distilled a lifetime of campaigning in order to have a “conversation” with you.”
Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos

Renee Rocco
“A hero will sacrifice the person they love to save the world, but a villain will sacrifice the world to save the person they love.”
Renee Rocco, Jester

“To be unconquerable by anything, we must be willing to lose everything.
Anything external we hold on to, even the most minor thing, automatically wields power over our mental state.”
Einzelgänger

Yukio Mishima
“very often a man’s whole life alters course because of a moment’s hesitation. That instant is like a fold made down the middle of a sheet of paper. In it, the underside becomes upmost, and what was once visible is hidden forever.”
Yukio Mishima, Spring Snow
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