I came trusting them. They beat me with rods of dullness. They don't know, they don't understand how agonizing their complacent dullness is. Like ants and August sun on a wound." - Carol Kennicott

When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism

She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, "The trouble with this country is...."

Sleep with me sleep with my dogs-

When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.

I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts.

There is no greater compliment to the Jews than the fact that the degree of their unpopularity is always the scientific measure of the cruelty and silliness of the regime under which they live.

An alcoholic is someone who can violate his standards faster than he can lower them.

Don't be a puppet of work

They don't know those places in me. Only he does. Only he has seen the darkness inside of me and turns into love and light.

We have lived and loved together Through many changing years We have shared each other's gladness And wept each other's tears.

Things aren't ever what they seem to be when you first look at them. What's important is that you keep your mind wide open and try to understand what's going on from a lot of different angles.

Weapons of mass destruction are always in the wrong hands.

I'm kind of getting more excited about developing my own stuff, or getting involved early in projects and doing my best to make things that I care about happen.

To be bored to death is a form of suicide.

Love is the only way on which even the dim-witted reaches certain heights.

Some animals are secretive; some are shy. A cat is private.