"Out of the rhythm and sound of the sea that beat through the orchestra, something moved--pressing toward death with quiet insistent joy--the thread through the maze--the soul behind the toil and the crime and longing."

“Those who determine not to put self to death will never see the will of God fulfilled in their lives.”

“I wanted to be like Nolan Ryan. I didn't want to be like Pete Gray...And I don't want kids to be like me because I have one hand. I want kids to be like Jim Abbott because he's a baseball pitcher at Michigan and he won the Big Ten Championship game, and not because I can field a bunt and throw to first.”

“I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits.”

Source : "Sophie Thompson: 'I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I'd find the funny bits'". Interview with Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2011.

“We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude.”

“When you have a creative mind it doesn't stop going.”

“I like to start by wiggling my fingers on top of guitar strings.”

“With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.”

Source : Franklin Pierce (1968). “Franklin Pierce, 1804-1869: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”

“I'm not somebody that gets played a lot at parties and weddings. I mean, you know, you mention my name and you get an eye roll, until, of course, you're jumping off a bridge.”