I never, in all my life, had anything whatever to do with robbing any bank in the state of Missouri.

Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off, after several stubborn fights.

I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield.

I occupy much of my time in theological studies for which I have a natural inclination.

They had scarcely established themselves, however, before another company of Jackson county citizens, chiefly from around Independence, organized to drive them off.

You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.

While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labels imposed on me.

The spirit of light gives birth to the soul of love.

I believe I was born to breed.

One night alone in prayer might make us new men, changed from poverty of soul to spiritual wealth, from trembling to triumphing.

General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.

Some friendships are formed by a commonality of interests and ideas: you both love judo or camping or making your own sausage. Other friendships are forged in alliance against a common enemy.

I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand.

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up.

Here is a hall without exit, a tunnel without end.