The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Abraham Lincoln

I thrice presented him a kingly crown. Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?

William Shakespeare

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil. If Adam had seen in a vision the horrible instruments his children were to invent, he would have died of grief.

Martin Luther

The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals.

Saul Williams

Your dreaming self seeks to tell you something your waking ears will not hear

Jacqueline Carey

I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast.

Meat Loaf

Fiction allows us to slide into these other heads, these other places, and look out through other eyes. And then in the tale we stop before we die, or we die vicariously and unharmed, and in the world beyond the tale we turn the page or close the book, and we resume our lives.

Neil Gaiman

Facing this stuff, in real life is not like school, in school, if you make a mistake you can just try again tomorrow, but out there...when your a second away from being murdered or watching a friend die right before your eyes...you don't know what that's like.

J.K. Rowling

I might face death any minute now! But I should try not to put myself in harms' way as long as I can live. Of course it is not important if I die, because this is going to happen anyway. I know my purpose, my purpose is: How will my life or death impact the lives of others?

Samad Beh-Rang

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or weary of life.

Rachel Carson

I can't forgive my friends for dying I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.

George Bernard Shaw