John Quincy Adams strove to escape commonplace thoughts.

The author points out that the moral failure of Abigail Adams' brother focused her on disciplining her children, and herself, so that they did not come to the same end.

No sermon I have heard or read touched my heart with half the force of this puppet show. John Quincy Adams

Shakespeare's work had a liberating influence.

Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.

The two grappled in the quiet of old-fashioned personal diplomacy.

John Quincy Adams' depression was treated by his aunt with some reliable remedies, first sleep and then compassion. She said, " He was half cared for by having someone to care for him.

The president notices that when he takes off his coat to dig, people take more notice of the visual than they did his preceding remarks.

He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.

I carry too much of the week into the Sabbath, and too little of the Sabbath into the week. John Quincy Adams

Our religion was the religion of a Book. Man must be educated on Earth for Heaven. John Quincy Adams

Insanity is a disease, and it is highly contagious.

..."There’s really no way I can explain it to her without *still* sounding like scum, " I complained to Sinter."The 'sympathy shack-up' doesn’t score many points, " he agreed.*

Time is the product of changing realities beings existences.

In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.

An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret, forgiveness.

Who can take Death's portrait? The tyrant never sat.

A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness.

Eye was a great discovery. He is one of the great vocalists of all time.

Our national motto is 'In God we Trust,' reminding us that faith in our Creator is the most important American value of all.

I have a dog at home, and that's my baby. She's my girl, and I would do absolutely anything for her. She's like a child to me.