It feels quite cool, in a mad way, to be someone who skulks about in the shadows.

When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.

David Sedaris

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.

Mark Twain

Not by might, or power, but by my spirit, says the Lord.

Bible

What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it?

Harold Rosenberg

I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amidst the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.

Charles Austin Beard

If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside.

James Buchan

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Louis D. Brandeis

My mom is the backbone not just of my family but of many families.

Shia LaBeouf

It wasn't until I found the courage to look inthe mirror and say, 'I Love You' with conviction that I felt truly amazing! If no one loves you, love yourself!

R.S. Lewis

For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.

Janet Frame

And indeed it was, the arrow still protruding from its wet, grayish skin, humping its body along with incredible speed. A flick of its tail caught the edge of a statue, sending it flying into the dry ornamental pool, where it shattered into dust.By the Angel, it just crushed Sophocles, noted Will. Has no one respect for the classics these days?

Cassandra Clare

We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only.

Henry Miller