A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization. Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto p....

If men want to oppose war, it is *statism* that they must oppose. Ayn Rand, Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal p. 42

An artist does not fake reality–he *stylizes* it. Ayn Rand, From the article “Art and Sense of Life” in The Romantic Manifesto

The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech. Justice Anthony Kennedy, in 91-155

The world is my lobster. Henry J. Tillman

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot. Mark Twain, What Is Man? (1906)

Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed. Oprah Winfrey

In wildness is the preservation of the world. Henry David Thoreau, Walking (1862)