I decided that it was more important to laugh than to eat.

Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.

Hug your children...Kiss your mothers and fathers, your brothers and sisters. Tell them how much you love them, every day. Because every day is the last day. Every light casts a shadow. And only the gods know when the darkness will find us.

America is thataway, Mr. Lincoln," laughed Davis, pointing north. "You're in Mississippi now.

Miss Bennet, I am quite aware of your superior talent for cutting down the Lord's forsaken flock. I merely mean to spare your gown.' Thank you,' said Elizabeth, composing herself, 'but I should rather my gown be soiled than my honor.

He begged to know to which of his fair cousins the excellency of its cookery was owing. Briefly forgetting her manners, Mary grabbed her fork and leapt from her chair onto the table. Lydia, who was seated nearest her, grabbed her ankle before she could dive at Mr. Collins and, presumably, stab him about the head and neck for such an insult.

Elizabeth sheathed her sword, knelt behind him, and strangled him to death with his own large bowel.