Here was one more difficulty for him to meet and conquer.

A wonderful privilege it was to be thus admitted into the soul of a man of genius, to be allowed to share the ecstasies and the agonies of his inmost life.

In that country, rich or poor, a man was free... So America was a place of which lovers and young people dreamed.

In the face of all his handicaps, Jurgis was obliged to make the price of a lodging, and of a drink every hour or two, under penalty of freezing to death.

The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.

You have really nice teeth, ” Terry said and thought they could be excellent for his collection of human body parts.

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

I was driven from my position as Interior Secretary, not because of my environmental record, but because of my Christian beliefs. That's the real struggle.

When you come from nothing, you're basically just trying to get escape velocity, which means you and your family don't have to worry about being broke and that's all I ever cared about.

The South produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors, lawyers and poets, but certainly not engineers or mechanics. Let the Yankees adopt such low callings.

Who could not return from a visit to Jack Vance's world, without feeling that he had been somewhere unique, that he had experienced things unavailable in our mundane world?

Many of the most difficult questions concerning the role of ethnic minorities centers on language.

The correct arrangement of words will make these bad feelings go away tonight.

I think the clearest manifestation for anyone who doubts that racism and classism exist in America, all one need do is take a real serious objective look at our criminal justice system.