"The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history... or destiny; God's providence to America."

“I love to do Pilates, boxing and even just going on a run. I do cardio twice a week as it's important for people who want to eat lots like me! I do Pilates ones a week.”

“Just because my personal life may not be in shambles any more it doesn't mean anything has been solved. A ring doesn't solve problems. I think I'm still having dark visions. I think I'm just a little bit fatalistic. There is a personality flaw at work perhaps.”

“I think a lot of times on TV we see caricatures - that's what's funny.”

“Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.”

Source : Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “Burnt Offerings: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.327, Penguin

“The key to happiness, she said, is tolerance of those who do not do as you do.' `What if those who do not do as you do are gunning you down?' I said.... Alaska frowned. `Guns are intolerant. Guns are a failure of communication.”

“I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.”

Source : Dorothy Height, Height (2009). “Ebk Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memo”, p.294, PublicAffairs

“For ten years Caesar ruled with an iron hand. Then with a wooden foot, and finally with a piece of string.”

“But, when Scripture makes a clear distinction between the act of creation and the process of preservation, we cannot accept the idea of a progressive creation process.”