The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep

A.P. Herbert

Where no hope is left, is left no fear.

John Milton

This is precisely why I being a teacher! Young people are so infernally convinced that they are absolutely right about everything. Has it not occurred to you, my poor puffed-up poppinjay, that there might be an excellent reason why the Headmaster of Hogwarts is not confiding every tiny detail of his plans to you? Have you never paused, while feeling hard-done-by, to note that following Dumbledore's orders has never yet led you into harm? No. No, like all young people, you are quite sure that you alone feel and think, you alone recognise danger, you alone are the only one clever enough to realise what the Dark Lord may be planning.

J.K. Rowling

The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.

Amy Grant

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

Voltaire (FrançoisMarie Arouet)

And of course she understood now why her body wanted to run whenever he appeared. It was a correct instinct, for there was nothing to be got from this but sadness.

Kristin Cashore

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.

Rudy Rucker

My mom was a model. She had me at 20, so she was a young mother.

Michael Kors

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

Marilyn Monroe

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

Leonardo da Vinci

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.

Josh Billings

For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother tomorrow.

William Shakespeare