"The most revolutionary act is a clear view of the world as it really is."

“The rottenness comes from within.”

“If you'd ever told me that my Broadway debut would be playing Spider-Man, I would have laughed in your face.”

“I wasn’t sure what expression I was expecting her to wear when she saw that it was me. I’d braced myself for disgust or anger. But she just looked at me like I was — nothing. An annoyance, maybe.”

“A wise nation preserves its records, gathers up its monuments, decorates the tombes of its illustrious dead, repairs its greatest structures and fosters national pride and love of country, by perpetual references to the sacrifices and glories of the past.”

Source : 1871 Address at Framingham, Massachusetts, 31 Aug. Collected in Poems and Essays (1874).

“That is the nature of hope. We do all we can, and then the Lord stretches forth his hand and touches our lives with light and courage and, most of all, hope.”

“I think music on television is just uniformly dreadful. It is mundane, it says nothing.”

“Initiating and going through a divorce with four kids can be a brutal experience, but also a tempering one. It gave me perspective and insight to be able to find the love of my life.”

“I can't really explain what it's like to be in love, but I feel like it's being comfortable. It's almost like having a best friend. It's a beautiful thing.”

Source : "5SOS Open Up About Dating Fans, Their LOL Lucky Underwear, & Their Secret Connection With Taylor Swift!". Interview with Ariel Nagi and Lindsay Schallon, www.seventeen.com. October 20, 2014.