If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what Uncle Toms Cabin did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life. – Helen Hunt Jackson
I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that play youth baseball. And I feel honored and very thankful for that opportunity. – Nolan Ryan
The Christian faith makes it possible for us nobly to accept that which cannot be changed, and to meet disappointments and sorrow with an inner poise, and to absorb the most intense pain without abandoning our sense of hope. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Strength to Love, 1963
I have long considered it one of Gods greatest mercies that the future is hidden from us. If it were not, life would surely be unbearable. – Eugene Forsey