Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook.

History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive.

It is only what is written upon the soul of man that will survive the wreck of time.

. . . unless there comes to the Nation a greater emancipation than Lincoln's Proclamation effected, it is doomed, it is bound to go down.

The world made me cold. You made me water. One day we'll be clouds.

He had so much damn respect he wanted to scream.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

SkyClan's destiny is that we will never live in isolation from other cats. We're not like forest Clans, we can't shut ourselves off entirely from kittypets or rogues. And visitors will be welcome.

Listen closely as those around you speak; great truths are revealed in jest.

The story knows itself better than the writer does at some point, knows what's being said before the writer figures out how to say it.

Immigration comes up, but the issue that is on everybody's mind is the economy.

As an anarchist, I cannot reconcile myself to any government.