Like any oppressed people, they defined themselves by what offended them, which would give New England its gritty flavor and, it has been argued, America its independence.

It is a dangerous thing to have the same men in both the prophecy and the history business.

Salem is in part a story of what happens when a set of unanswerable questions meets a set of unquestioned answers.

When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.

She found a dark satisfaction in pain—because that pain came from him.

You told me you had destroyed it.""I was wrong. It has destroyed me.

The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.

I don't necessarily believe in aliens coming to the States, and I don't buy into the government cover-up.

And fathers are a blessing, too, they give the place a tone; In fact each child should try and have some parents of its own.

When I had spent a few days without thinking, without doing anything, I would feel a sudden urge to paint. Then I would set up my easel in full sunshine.

Two cannibals were eating a comedian, and one of them turns to the other and asks, 'Does this taste funny to you?

For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.