Laura Hillenbrand Quotations

A lifetime of glory is worth a moment of pain. Louie thought: Let go.

Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went

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

I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it

Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story I had to tell, and saw that this was not a parochial story at all, they really warmed to it

At that moment, something shifted sweetly inside him. It was forgiveness, beautiful and effortless and complete. For Louie Zamperini, the war was over.

My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe.

Finally, I wish to remember the millions of Allied servicemen and prisoners of war who lived the story of the Second World War. Many of these men never came home; many others returned bearing emotional and physical scars that would stay with them for the rest of their lives. I come away from this book with the deepest appreciation for what these men endured, and what they scarified, for the good of humanity. It is to them that this book {Unbroken} is dedicated,

Without dignity, identity is erased.

I am disabled, so I can't travel, and I have not been to any development meetings, but Gary and the others affiliated with the film keep me updated on everything.