I discovered news of old horrors in old books; read intelligence of old atrocities in old periodicals; always in the back of my mind, every day a bit louder, I heard the seashell drone of some growing, coalescing force; I seemed to smell the bitter ozone aroma of lightings-to-come.

I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right?

Catherine O'Hara

Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.

Virginia Woolf

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.

Marge Piercy

Whatever the ultimate fate of my country, my love for you remains, and will remain, undiminished. My non-violence demands universal love, and you are not a small part of it. It is that love which has prompted my appeal to you.

Mahatma Gandhi

Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

J.K. Rowling

I want to improve TSA's counterterrorism focus through intelligence and cutting edge technology, support the TSA workforce, and strengthen the agency's relationships with stakeholders and the traveling public. All of these priorities are interconnected and are vital to TSA's mission - and I would say, all of our collective mission.

John Pistole

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.

Arnold Bennett

To win in this country these days you have got to campaign down to a thirteen year-old's level of mental development .

Willie Brown

May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.

Zebulon Pike

Read in order to live.

Gustave Flaubert

It's tough to stay married. My wife says no because she's tired then stays up and reads her book.

Rodney Dangerfield

Whether you are on the Right or the Left, everyone can agree that there are a lot of outside influences in American politics that are not good for the system. There's just too much money.

Zach Galifianakis