Praised be the fathomless universe, for life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious.

Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.

O the joy of my spirit--it is uncaged--it darts like lightning! It is not enough to have this globe or a certain time, I will have thousands of globes and all time.

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

I was in the midst of it all - saw war where war is worst - not on the battlefields, no - in the hospitals ... there I mixed with it: and now I say God damn the wars - allw ars: God damn every war: God damn 'em! God damn 'em!

Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I can bear it.

not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo, The hundred & fifty are dumb yet at Alamo.