I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. Charles Lindbergh, Interview shortly before his death, 1974

He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and the...

Loving is misery for women always. I shall never forgive God for making me a woman and dearly am I beginning to pay for the honour of owning a pretty face. Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend? The cheat and bully and malefactor we...

When a traveller returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath travelled altogether behind him. Francis Bacon, 1597-1625

Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers, that the mind can never break off from the journey. Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

Miracles: You do not have to look for them. They are there, 247, beaming like radio waves all around you. Put up the antenna, turn up the volume – snap… crackle… this just in, every person you talk...

When the destroyer comes, his first act will be to destroy all the books. Thomas More