They saw their injured country's woe.

But fame is theirs - and future days On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead - "These for their country fought and bled."

If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between is but an hour, The frail duration of a flower.

Tobacco surely was designed To poison, and destroy mankind.

They saw their injured country's woe; The flaming town, the wasted field; Then rushed to meet the insulting foe; They took the spear, - but left the shield.

Red serpents, fiery forms, and yelling hags, Fit company for mad adventurers.

And long shall timorous fancy see The painted chief, and pointed spear, And Reason's self shall bow the knee To shadows and delusions here.

Jesus would never use government surrogates to force the people to help others.

At sea let the British their neighbours defy — The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky.

Let’s just say, there’s not much of a moon out tonight, ” Nose continued anyway, “but if Yale joined us, there would be.

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should do this. It will look good.' Or 'I'll write like this because it will impress that critic.'

Here's a foolproof method for keeping America safe. Always do the exact 180-degree opposite of whatever [Jimmy] Carter says, as quickly as possible.

So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the sun keeps a set course in heaven, it would be foolish to despair othe human race.

Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold.

The woman let out an expansive laugh that resounded through the house like a spray of broken glass.

I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation.

And that's when it fell off in my hand

We are dependent on each other. Therefore, replenishing the soil, replenishing society and being part of one continuum - that's the new story.

Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Nature does not grant it any functions.