Joe Smith and Brigham Young laid out Independence, but very soon thereafter enough citizens of the county collected to drive them off, after several stubborn fights.

I have been wounded altogether twenty times; eleven of these wounds were received at Northfield.

I never, in all my life, had anything whatever to do with robbing any bank in the state of Missouri.

I occupy much of my time in theological studies for which I have a natural inclination.

They had scarcely established themselves, however, before another company of Jackson county citizens, chiefly from around Independence, organized to drive them off.

i sometimes think i'm too in love with alone. who could i love more than this peace?

Those who believe in it are the ones who find it

While I filmed the 'Walker, Texas Ranger' series for eight and a half years, I had never had much time to read, except for screenplays of the episodes.

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you"— here I opened wide the door; — Darkness there, and nothing more.

The only excuse for God is that he doesn't exist.

It is feeling that sets a man thinking, and not thought that sets him feeling.

The Grecian are youthful and erring and fallen gods, with the vices of men, but in many important respects essentially of the divine race.

Gather the shards of your courage. Patch together what resolve you can. We'll find this thing - and kill it.

For many years I had allowed my second husband to take credit for my paintings. But one day, unable to continue the deception any longer, I left him and my home in California and moved to Hawaii.