I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but Im not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure. – Andrew Vachss
So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations. – John Tyler
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. – Lewis B. Smedes, “Forgiveness — The Power to Change the Past,” Christianit
Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old. – John Ciardi