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“Not only was Cain called upon to suffer, but because of his wickedness, he became the father of an inferior race. A curse was placed upon him and that curse has been continued through his lineage and must do so while time endures...”
Source : "The Church of Latter-Day Saints: Heterosexism, Racism and ‘Revelation’" by Warren J. Blumenfeld, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2012. 
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“Wisdom, sits alone, topmost in heaven: she is its light, its God; and in the heart of man she sits as high, though groveling minds forget her oftentimes, seeing but this world's idols.”
Source : Nathaniel Parker Willis (1850). “Sacred Poems”, p.118
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“Sir, I didn't deserve the grade you gave me on this test. Do you know a lower one?”
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“I'm six foot eleven. My birthday covers three days.”
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“I always hated my mole growing up. I even thought about having it removed. At the time I didn't do it because I thought it would hurt, and now I'm glad I didn't.”
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“When you see what goes on in Iraq on a daily basis - more people dying in car bombings - you almost brush it aside after a while. To actually comprehend the human tragedy of these events is overwhelming. We see so many images, but there's always the sense, for Americans, that it's not in our backyard. That's another reason why the war in Bosnia was so fascinating; because it really was in Europe's backyard. It was in Europe. And they didn't do anything about it for years. It took the Americans to end that war, really. That's a shame.”
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“Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own - my words are gone.”
Source : Jennifer Niven (2015). “All the Bright Places”, p.48, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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“The past is past and I guess if you live in the past, you cease to live.”
