Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.

If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours.

The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.

I thank god that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.

Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln for in him I saw the destroyer.

A true woman always loves a real soldier.

I only wanted to help my people.

As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.

What a jolly thing military surveillance is!

Just previous to the birth of my little son, my mind gave way and my child was born in the asylum for the insane at Stockton, Cal. My boy was buried there.

Change is possible only if the top management agrees.

I loved you...I loved you more than all the money your father threw at me.

The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon.

I've lived on my own since I was 18, and I really love living alone. That, to me, is just great.

David Roberts, who is a writer at Vox who I like, had a line about the voter - your voters weren't locked in the room with you, Republican establishment. You were locked in the room with them.

There it is, the sea, the most incomprehensible of non-human existences.

I was on my way to the gym. It was incredible. I was screamin at cars, 'That's me on the radio!

ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t sure when or where it was going to end.

I love getting a smile out of my girlfriend - that makes me feel like I'm seen, or heard.

I have my own goals in my head in terms of things that would be great to happen.