Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot even see

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.

Remember no more your misery, listen to good music.

You were born on this planet with a definite purpose and the entire world is in need of the gift you have

You know because you’ve been it, and I know because I’m dead and it gives one such a wonderfully uncluttered perspective.

Does man differ from the other animals? Only in posture. The rest are bent but he is a wild beast who walks upright.

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause.

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.

I feel like knowledge is power: If you know how to take care of yourself, you can be a better version of yourself.

Never dip lower than you can dip.

The dungeon image helped. "You need to let Maximus go," I stated, my voice stronger now. "No. Wine?

He who seeks fame by the practice of virtue asks only for what he deserves.