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Shelby Foote quotes: I've never shown anybody a draft of anything.

I've never shown anybody a draft of anything.

Shelby Foote quotes: Before the war it was always the United States *are*, after the war it was the United States is ... it made us an is.

Before the war it was always the United States *are*, after the war it was the United States is ... it made us an is.

Shelby Foote quotes: Now I lay me down to sleep In mud that's many fathoms deep. If I'm not here when you awake Just hunt me up with an oyster rake

Now I lay me down to sleep In mud that's many fathoms deep. If I'm not here when you awake Just hunt me up with an oyster rake

Shelby Foote quotes: I can't begin to tell you the things I discovered while I was looking for something else.

I can't begin to tell you the things I discovered while I was looking for something else.

Shelby Foote quotes: I never cared what kind of grade I got.

I never cared what kind of grade I got.

Shelby Foote quotes: Writing is very hard work and knowing what you're doing the whole time.

Writing is very hard work and knowing what you're doing the whole time.

Shelby Foote quotes: Not married until 33, Abraham Lincoln said, A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that cannot hurt me.

Not married until 33, Abraham Lincoln said, A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that cannot hurt me.

Shelby Foote quotes: I've never known, at least a modern historical instance, where the truth wasn't superior to distortion in every way.

I've never known, at least a modern historical instance, where the truth wasn't superior to distortion in every way.

Shelby Foote quotes: I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.

I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.

Shelby Foote quotes: Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.

Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.

Shelby Foote quotes: I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume.

I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume.

Shelby Foote quotes: A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.

A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.

Shelby Foote quotes: A rich man's war and a poor man's fight ...

A rich man's war and a poor man's fight ...

Shelby Foote quotes: On Lee as commander: He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor.

On Lee as commander: He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor.

Shelby Foote quotes: When you're working very hard you're not lonely; you are the whole damn world.

When you're working very hard you're not lonely; you are the whole damn world.

Shelby Foote quotes: You easy-living boys had better get set, they said. There's johnnies out there thicker than fleas on a billy goat in a barnlot

You easy-living boys had better get set, they said. There's johnnies out there thicker than fleas on a billy goat in a barnlot

Shelby Foote quotes: Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.

Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.

Shelby Foote quotes: A fact is not a truth until you love it.

A fact is not a truth until you love it.

Shelby Foote quotes: A combination of all that was best in the gladdest days of the departing year ...

A combination of all that was best in the gladdest days of the departing year ...

Shelby Foote quotes: Later they took him to Jackson and that explained it; he was crazy.

Later they took him to Jackson and that explained it; he was crazy.