Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!

And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.

Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap Drawn from Earth's prolific lap.

I love thee, I love but thee, With a love that shall not die.

From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire.

But who will watch my lilies, When their blossoms open white? By day the sun shall be sentry, And the moon and the stars by night!

By wisdom wealth is won; but riches purchased wisdom yet for none.

With rushing winds and gloomy skies The dark and stubborn Winter dies: Far-off, unseen, Spring faintly cries, Bidding her earliest child arise; March!

The hollows are heavy and dank With the steam of the Goldenrods.

The knowledge of my sin Is half-repentance.

The loving are the daring.

I didn't know how to show my self love, and I didn't want anyone else to hurt me. So my tough girl attitude was like, 'I'm not having it.'

America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process.

When I hear something that comes from me that makes me fall down off my chair, it's not often.

No one tells me what they think because they're either intimidated by me, or they don't want to upset me.

A reader can never tell if it's a real thimble or an imaginary thimble, because by the time you're reading it, they're the same. It's a thimble. It's in the book.

No one received them [the coalition forces] with roses. They were received with bombs, shoes and bullets.

Given a choice between their worldview and the facts, it's always interesting how many people toss the facts.

We're either nothing or a God's regret.

If we make God our heart's delight, we shall have our heart's desire.

We are where our thoughts have taken us.