Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Wisława Szymborska On Possibilities
Maria Wisława Anna Symborska (July 2, 1923–February 1, 2012) I prefer movies. I prefer cats. I prefer the oaks along the Warta. I prefer Dickens to Dostoyevsky. I prefer myself liking people to myself loving mankind. I prefer keeping a needle and thread on hand, just in case. I prefer the color green. I prefer …
Marjane Satrapi On Images
Marjane Satrapi (November 22, 1969 -) Image is an international language. The first writing of the human being was drawing, not writing. That appeared much before the alphabet. And when you draw a situation — someone is scared or angry or happy — it means the same thing in all cultures. You cannot draw someone …
Susan Minot On Becoming A Writer
Susan Minot (December 07, 1956 -) One of the reasons I became a writer is that I had to go into a room and sit down in order to know what was going on in my head.
Kenneth Patchen On Love And Rebellion
Kenneth Patchen (December 13, 1911 – January 8, 1972) It's always because we love that we are rebellious; it takes a great deal of love to give a damn one way or another what happens from now on: I still do.
Rebecca Solnit On Lies And Language
Rebecca Solnit (June 24, 1961 -) There are so many ways to tell a lie. You can lie by ignoring whole regions of impact, omitting crucial information, or unhitching cause and effect; by falsifying information by distortion and disproportion, or by using names that are euphemisms for violence or slander for legitimate activities, so that …
Chris Van Allsburg On Christmas Magic
Chris Van Allsburg (June 18, 1949 -) At one time most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me as it …
