If God himself wills such misery on people whom I love, then I say I will deal with him

And why does it make you sad to see how everything hangs by such thin and whimsical threads? Because you’re a dreamer, an incredible dreamer, with a tiny spark hidden somewhere inside you which cannot die, which even you cannot kill or quench and which tortures you horribly because all the odds are against its continual burning. In the midst of the foulest decay and putrid savagery, this spark speaks to you of beauty, of human warmth and kindness, of goodness, of greatness, of heroism, of martyrdom, and it speaks to you of love.

The myth of the strong black woman is the other side of the coin of the myth of the beautiful dumb blonde.

I have taken an oath in my heart to oppose communism until the day I die.

Too much agreement kills a chat.

Americans think of themselves collectively as a huge rescue squad on twenty-four hour call to any spot on the globe where dispute and conflict may erupt.

With all its faults, the American political system is the freest and most democratic in the world.