It is not eloquence, but earnestness, not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but compunction of soul. – Hannah More, “Prayer,” Practical Piety
Oh, my ways are strange ways and new ways and old ways, And deep ways and steep ways and high ways and low, Im at home and at ease on a track that I know not, And restless and lost on a road that I know. – Henry Lawson
Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws. – Calvin Coolidge
My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, whats the purpose of reading, and maybe that its not that cool to hate something just because its popular. – Josh Radnor
