“I think that the firepower of the Civil War, the numbers of bodies tha...” — Drew Gilpin Faust Quote

“I think that the firepower of the Civil War, the numbers of bodies that were left to rot, the numbers of amputations in the Civil War, all of this created threats to the understanding of the human being as an integral soul, as a body and soul that could be united.”

“I've always done more than I ever thought I would. Becoming a professor - I never would have imagined that. Writing books - I never would have imagined that. Getting a Ph.D. - I'm not sure I would even have imagined that. I've lived my life a step at a time. Things sort of happened.”

“If you want to write from life, you can't really write a story. People are always changing, and I think if we didn't look the same day-to-day, and our self weren't always in our body, would we even be the same? The continuity is in our bodies.”

“Racing is a dangerous sport, but weve worked very hard to make it safer. We always have, the drivers, the teams, the governing bodies, the tracks.”

“I think people have the right to love whoever they want, and I think that women have the right to do whatever they wish to their bodies given the circumstances.”