Surely tis by faith we are upheld thro such trials-justice will be meted in time to those who fill soft places and malign men who perform heroic duties

Anger is the poorest of counselors, and revenge is suicide.

The Sound of battle fell upon my ear & heart all day yesterday - even after dark the cannon's insatiate roar continued.

The journey of the Freedom Seeker isn’t always easy. But it is essential, and it is urgent, for it is the path to coming alive again.

Teddy shuddered. The idea of the sublime little bird being plucked from the sky, of its exquisite song being interrupted in full flight, was horrible to him.

I always feel that there's no violence in a movie - it's not real, it's a magic trick. Nobody is really dying. In fact, the people that die in my movies have gone on to become extremely successful!

I believe that it is sometimes less difficult to wake up and feel that I am alone when I really am, than to wake up with someone else and be lonely.

Death is the ultimate weapon of the tyrant; resurrection does not make a covenant with death, it overthrows it.

In the beginning, I didnt dance that much and stuff.

Cortez looked like someone newly in love, the way only twenty-four-year-olds can look.

I do think fame can distort reality. I've always felt that.

The last best hope of life is that at some point during living it, all that you did wrong will suddenly teach you to do right.

I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money.