"Carl Jung put [Orfeo Angelucci] in his last book [Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1959]. He said Orfeo had made up a new bible."

“The cabinets of the sick and the closets of the dead have been ransacked to publish private letters and divulge to all mankind the most secret sentiments of friendship.”

“I sit and think with a drink about how I'm gonna win...”

“Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens.”

“Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.”

“Superficial parallels were drawn between the Church and the Nazi Party, with its emphasis on active involvement by every member. The women's auxiliary of the Party and the Hitler Youth were regarded by some as secular equivalents to the Church's Relief Society, MIA, and the Scouting programs.”

“I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.”

Source : Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2003). “The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: National protection for national citizens, 1873 to 1880”, p.491, Rutgers University Press

“We call that runnin' through the okra patch.”

“The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.”

Source : John Ciardi (1963). “Dialogue with an audience”