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Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 QUOTES

Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 QUOTES

1 " Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die, and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy and duty of life. Those whom we have come to honor and, in God’s name to bless, never shrank from life, but welcomed it—welcomed life and its every aspect—loved life and were responsible to both its duties and its joys…. Each believed steadfastly in the glorious life to come. "

― Robert Matzen , Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3

2 " When Jim found a bone that had been part of somebody’s hand, I understood that this wasn’t just Carole Lombard’s story. It was the pilot’s story and the co-pilot’s and the stewardess’s. It was the story of 15 Army Air Corps personnel who perished, men as young as 19 and as “old” as 28, and it was the story of three other civilians, all of whom died right there, on the spot where I stood shivering in the fading October sunshine at 7,700 feet. I started writing on the plane ride home and haven’t stopped since. I have had extreme good fortune in my research, accessing the complete Civil Aeronautics Board investigation, including the exhibits and testimony. I have examined the U.S. House of Representatives "

― Robert Matzen , Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3

3 " He read the 23rd Psalm, then a poem.” The poem, by Grant Colfax Tullar, was one of Carole’s favorites: My life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft times He weaveth sorrow And I, in foolish pride, Forget He sees the upper, And I the under side. Not til the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly, Shall God unroll the canvas "

― Robert Matzen , Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3

4 " With young Bobby Stack as her coach, Lombard learned the ways of the shotgun. It was a skill that would pay off later as would her association with the boy who would grow up to be Academy Award-nominated actor Robert Stack. Until the day he died, Stack would be in love with her and never attempt to hide it. "

― Robert Matzen , Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3