I decided that it was more important to laugh than to eat.

Real power... comes not from hate, but from truth.

Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.

I wouldn't back away from what's right just because it's hard.

I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all mean are created free and equal.

The bottom half of the page had descended into a doodle of a tiny man giving the middle finger to a giant, angry eagle with razor-sharp talons. Beneath it, the caption: To Mock a Killing Bird.

Without death,' he answered, 'life is meaningless. It is a story that can never be told. A song that can never be sung. For how would one finish it?

So I suggest you stick close, pay attention, and avoid breaking the Terrorverse's only commandment: Thou shall not be stupid.

So long as this country is cursed with slavery, so too will it be cursed with vampires.

We may all deserve hell, but some of us deserve it sooner than others.

But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.

Legacy is more than leaving possessions behind. It's about investing in people with passion and integrity through leadership and love.

I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.

I’ve decided she’s worthy of something more special, something worthy of my powers.

When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what you're wearing is very important. If you feel good, you will always perform your best without worrying about anything.

Affliction is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe conflict.

There may be occasions when it is best to behave irrationally, but whether there are should be decided rationally.

It's very strange that the people you love are often the people you're most cruel to.

A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession.

Man eternally tries to get back to an organic past that has slipped just beyond his reach.

Kids need a mom and a dad, and people understand that. Marriage between a mom and a dad is most important for kids.