Somnus lets her poppies fall most plentifully on those having a cool head, an empty stomach, tired muscles, a quiet conscience, and warm feet. – Author unknown, quoted by Rachel Brooks Gleason, “Sleep,” 1867
When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on. – Henry Fielding
If we ask a vague question, such as, What is poetry? we expect a vague answer, such as, Poetry is the music of words, or Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder. – A. R. Ammons
The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply. – Christopher Hitchens
