Quotes About Foote

The irony is that the novel with its Pulitzer and its controversy has brought more attention to Mary Hallock Foote than she would ever have received otherwise.

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

been illogically arrived at; it had not; but the logic, such as it was, was based insubstantially on hope.

And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.