Splendid,' Abbé Patin said with a sheepish grin, pulling up alongside. 'There is nothing quite so thrilling as riding in fear of one's life.

The Queen has been guillotined, accused of crimes beyond imagining. Last night she appeared to me in a dream, handing me her head.

A feeling of disquiet continues to haunt me. As a youth one dreams of love; by the time one wakes, it is too late.

We are born, we live and we die - in the midst of the marvelous.

Each moment of life is a step toward death.

Daggers ever at the ready, I went about the day: children fed, linens mended, bedclothes aired. In little ways one conquers fear.

Susanne Alleyn's Game of Patience is a well-crafted historical mystery, authentic in every detail. Wonderfully entertaining.

When the kingdom of light increases, the kingdom of darkness reduces

Can't look at the damage that's been done, it's not healthy. Have to look ahead of it. Can't change what I've done, only what I'm gonna do.

If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.

For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.

You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.

One of the problems of the future world will be the use of leisure time. How will it be filled up? Maybe drugs will be distributed free of charge by the government.

People may hurt you but God will heal you. People may humiliate you but God will honour you. People may judge you but God will justify you.

The invention of Bob Dylan with his guitar belongs in its way to the same kind of tradition of something meant to be heard, as the songs of Homer.

The Vice-President is supreme boss of the Senate.