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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “It remains a mystery why these three young men, veterans of the same training and the same crash, differed so radically in their perceptions of their plight. Maybe the difference was biological; some men may be wired for optimism, others for doubt. As a toddler, Louie had leapt from a train.”

101. “It remains a mystery why these three young men, veterans of the same training and the same crash, differed so radically in their perceptions of their plight. Maybe the difference was biological; some men may be wired for optimism, others for doubt. As a toddler, Louie had leapt from a train.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “Four more times the Japanese strafed them, sending Louie into the water to kick and punch at the sharks until the bomber had passed.”

102. “Four more times the Japanese strafed them, sending Louie into the water to kick and punch at the sharks until the bomber had passed.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “Green Hornet being loaded for its final flight. Courtesy of Louis Zamperini.”

103. “Green Hornet being loaded for its final flight. Courtesy of Louis Zamperini.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “I had been writing professionally since 1988.”

104. “I had been writing professionally since 1988.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison.”

105. “Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “Each of his workouts was attended by ten thousand or more spectators.”

106. “Each of his workouts was attended by ten thousand or more spectators.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “He had no idea how to speak to God, so he recited snippets of prayers that he’d heard in movies.”

107. “He had no idea how to speak to God, so he recited snippets of prayers that he’d heard in movies.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “When he finished his story, I had one question: How can you tell of being victimized by such monstrous men, yet not express rage? His response was simple: Because I forgave them. It was this, more than anything, that hooked me. How could this man forgive the unforgivable? In setting out to write Louie’s biography, I set out to find the answer.”

108. “When he finished his story, I had one question: How can you tell of being victimized by such monstrous men, yet not express rage? His response was simple: Because I forgave them. It was this, more than anything, that hooked me. How could this man forgive the unforgivable? In setting out to write Louie’s biography, I set out to find the answer.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “Let out of his stall with the two men standing by, Seabiscuit head-butted Howard. Smith made his case in four sentences: “Get me that horse. He has real stuff in him. I can improve him. I’m positive.”

109. “Let out of his stall with the two men standing by, Seabiscuit head-butted Howard. Smith made his case in four sentences: “Get me that horse. He has real stuff in him. I can improve him. I’m positive.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well.”

110. “And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “The whole country is divided into two camps,” wrote Dave Boone in the San Francisco Chronicle. “People who never saw a horse race in their lives are taking sides. If the issue were deferred another week, there would be a civil war between the War Admiral Americans and the Seabiscuit Americans.”

111. “The whole country is divided into two camps,” wrote Dave Boone in the San Francisco Chronicle. “People who never saw a horse race in their lives are taking sides. If the issue were deferred another week, there would be a civil war between the War Admiral Americans and the Seabiscuit Americans.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “As the train pushed off for Yokohama, the POWs’ last sight of Naoetsu was a broken line of Japanese, the few civilian guards and camp staffers who had been kind to them, standing along the side of the track. Their hands were raised in salute.”

112. “As the train pushed off for Yokohama, the POWs’ last sight of Naoetsu was a broken line of Japanese, the few civilian guards and camp staffers who had been kind to them, standing along the side of the track. Their hands were raised in salute.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “The fatal poison of irresponsible power.”

113. “The fatal poison of irresponsible power.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “I wish to remember the millions of Allied servicemen and prisoners of war who lived the story of the Second World War.”

114. “I wish to remember the millions of Allied servicemen and prisoners of war who lived the story of the Second World War.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “From this day forward, until victory or defeat, transfer, discharge, capture, or death took them from it, the vast Pacific would be beneath and around them. Its bottom was already littered with downed warplanes and the ghosts of lost airmen. Every day of this long and ferocious war, more would join them.”

115. “From this day forward, until victory or defeat, transfer, discharge, capture, or death took them from it, the vast Pacific would be beneath and around them. Its bottom was already littered with downed warplanes and the ghosts of lost airmen. Every day of this long and ferocious war, more would join them.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “Louie grabbed the flare gun, loaded it, and fired. The flare shot straight at the bomber; for a moment, the men thought that it would hit the plane. But the flare missed, passing alongside the plane, making a fountain of red that looked huge from the raft. Louie reloaded and fired again. The plane turned sharply right. Louie fired two more flares, past the tail.”

116. “Louie grabbed the flare gun, loaded it, and fired. The flare shot straight at the bomber; for a moment, the men thought that it would hit the plane. But the flare missed, passing alongside the plane, making a fountain of red that looked huge from the raft. Louie reloaded and fired again. The plane turned sharply right. Louie fired two more flares, past the tail.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “If Red breaks that leg again,” Howard said soberly, “it will cripple him for life.” Alexander told him that maybe it was better to break a man’s leg than his heart.”

117. “If Red breaks that leg again,” Howard said soberly, “it will cripple him for life.” Alexander told him that maybe it was better to break a man’s leg than his heart.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “With only hook latches for locks, Louise took to sitting by the front door on an apple box with a rolling pin in her hand, ready to brain any prowlers who might threaten her children.”

118. “With only hook latches for locks, Louise took to sitting by the front door on an apple box with a rolling pin in her hand, ready to brain any prowlers who might threaten her children.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man’s soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it. The loss of it can carry a man off as surely as thirst, hunger, exposure, and asphyxiation, and with greater cruelty.”

119. “Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man’s soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it. The loss of it can carry a man off as surely as thirst, hunger, exposure, and asphyxiation, and with greater cruelty.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “Everyone thinks we found this broken down horse and fixed him. But he fixed us. Every one of us.”

120. “Everyone thinks we found this broken down horse and fixed him. But he fixed us. Every one of us.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “A fantastically huge, roiling cloud, glowing bluish gray, swaggered over the city. It was more than three miles tall. Below it Hiroshima was boiling.”

121. “A fantastically huge, roiling cloud, glowing bluish gray, swaggered over the city. It was more than three miles tall. Below it Hiroshima was boiling.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “They bowed their heads together as Louie prayed. If God would quench their thirst, he vowed, he’d dedicate his life to him.”

122. “They bowed their heads together as Louie prayed. If God would quench their thirst, he vowed, he’d dedicate his life to him.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “Both men survived, and as terrible as their experience had been, they were lucky. All over their captured territories, the Japanese were using at least ten thousand POWs and civilians, including infants, as test subjects for experiments in biological and chemical warfare. Thousands died.”

123. “Both men survived, and as terrible as their experience had been, they were lucky. All over their captured territories, the Japanese were using at least ten thousand POWs and civilians, including infants, as test subjects for experiments in biological and chemical warfare. Thousands died.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “The only break in the gloom came from a guard who would saunter down the barracks aisle, pause before each cell, raise one leg, and fart at each captive. He never quite succeeded in farting his way down the entire cell block.”

124. “The only break in the gloom came from a guard who would saunter down the barracks aisle, pause before each cell, raise one leg, and fart at each captive. He never quite succeeded in farting his way down the entire cell block.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “Askim was notorious for his kleptomania; the Zamperinis lived above a grocery, and the dog made regular shoplifting runs downstairs, snatching food and fleeing. His name was a clever joke: When people asked what the dog’s name was, they were invariably confused by the reply, which sounded like “Ask him.”

125. “Askim was notorious for his kleptomania; the Zamperinis lived above a grocery, and the dog made regular shoplifting runs downstairs, snatching food and fleeing. His name was a clever joke: When people asked what the dog’s name was, they were invariably confused by the reply, which sounded like “Ask him.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “McMullen came out of Japan racked by nightmares and so nervous that he was barely able to speak cogently. When he told his story to his family, his father accused him of lying and forbade him to speak of the war. Shattered and deeply depressed, McMullen couldn’t eat, and his weight plunged back down to ninety pounds. He went to a veterans’ hospital, but the doctors simply gave him B12 shots.”

126. “McMullen came out of Japan racked by nightmares and so nervous that he was barely able to speak cogently. When he told his story to his family, his father accused him of lying and forbade him to speak of the war. Shattered and deeply depressed, McMullen couldn’t eat, and his weight plunged back down to ninety pounds. He went to a veterans’ hospital, but the doctors simply gave him B12 shots.”

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Laura Hillenbrand Quote: “I come away from this book with the deepest appreciation for what these men endured, and what they sacrificed, for the good of humanity. It is to them that this book is dedicated. Laura Hillenbrand May 2010.”

127. “I come away from this book with the deepest appreciation for what these men endured, and what they sacrificed, for the good of humanity. It is to them that this book is dedicated. Laura Hillenbrand May 2010.”

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