There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: lifes highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death. – Soren Kierkegaard
If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy. – Thomas Aquinas
Writing is truly a creative art – putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot. – William Shatner
Most men make the voyage of life as if they carried sealed orders which they were not to open till they were fairly in mid-ocean. – James Russell Lowell