Lincoln Quotes

“Lee should leave, having just surrendered to Grant inside; but he’s immobile. Some of the officers of both sides look at Lee, some can’t bear it. Lee tries out various expressions: pride, defiance, blankness.”
― Tony Kushner, Lincoln

“He has grown older, the skin around his eyes is cobwebbed with fine creases, and his hair’s thinner, softer, suffused with gray. His brow has grown smoother.”
― Tony Kushner, Lincoln

“There’s tense applause. Some of the black guests bow; most aren’t sure how to respond.”
― Tony Kushner, Lincoln

“Lincoln in his element”
― Tony Kushner, Lincoln

“Mary, radiant, her charm turned to its brightest candle-power, is greeting the Blairs, who are part of a long receiving line.”
― Tony Kushner, Lincoln

“Bilbo takes a mallet to a crab, smashing it!”
― Tony Kushner, Lincoln

“There’s no discipline or strategy, nothing depersonalized: its mayhem and each side intensely hates the other.”
― Tony Kushner, Lincoln