I never cared what kind of grade I got.

Before the war it was always the United States *are*, after the war it was the United States is... it made us an is.

The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things... It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads.

If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner, or D.H. Lawrence, or John Keats. They can teach you everything you need to know about writing.

People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made.

When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can't believe how much it's a part of your thinking.

A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.

As a Southerner I would have to say that one of the main importances of the War is that Southerners have a sense of defeat which none of the rest of the country has.

I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.

I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.

Longevity conquers scandal every time.

It's all bullshit, folks and it's bad for ya.

I feel sad for the people who I hear always plan, plan, plan the next day's event to occur. Life only stands still for them.

She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.

Run mad as often as you choose but do not faint

Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.

Every time I set foot on that trail, I feel grateful for the PCTA for doing the work it does to protect and preserve it

The Monarchy...is the secret well from which the flourishing institution of British Snobbery draws its nourishment

My true Self is free. I cannot be contained.

I'd love to get a chance to talk shop with Joss Whedon. That's pretty high up there on the list.

Our editors, I'm afraid, have come to believe that the photograph is an end in itself. They've forgotten that the photograph is only the subsidiary, the little brother, of the word.