His kid brother had been smart enough to make something of himself in the big world; Ollie himself might have been smart enough to stay ahead of the bank loans and the credit cards, but not much more.

The War is over - the rebels are our countrymen again.

Ulysses Simpson Grant, Said to p

Only in dreams, in poetry, in play do we sometimes arrive at what we were before we were this thing that, who knows, we are.

Julio Cortazar

Polar north can't get away from a magnet; the magnet finds it, no matter what.

Jodi Picoult

When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.

Allen Klein

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

Corrie Ten Boom

A common misconception is that the costs of health care are cheaper in rural America, when in fact the reality is that they are more expensive and more difficult to access.

Blanche Lincoln

As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge.

Julian Bond

Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely real. Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less.

Maggie Stiefvater

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

Archibald MacLeish

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

Andrew Greeley

I don't think there would be many jokes, if there weren't constant frustration and fear and so forth. It's a response to bad troubles like crime.

Kurt Vonnegut

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.

Horace Walpole