"The past is beautiful / like the darkness between the fireflies."

“Censure is a limp noodle across the wrist of the president. I think the way we vote on the articles will express the way we feel stronger than any censure vote.”

“I thought, 'There are a lot of poets who have the courage to look into the abyss, but there are very few who have the courage to look happiness in the face and write about it,' which is what I wanted to be able to do.”

“History doesn't choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?”

Source : Brad Meltzer (2011). “The Inner Circle: The Culper Ring Trilogy 1”, p.469, Hachette UK

“People talk about revelation, and say it has ceased; but what ignorance it bespeaks, when man knows not the least thing on earth without revelation.”

Source : Elias Hicks (1828). “The Quaker, Being a Series of Sermons by Members of the Society of Friends ...”, p.223

“There's something about a humid, dusky evening that's kind of sexy.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to things. The baby-boomers as political leaders are still on trial by the American people.”

“Life isn't what it's like in the movies.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2007.

“I am asking my Attorney General to create a special unit of federal prosecutors and leading state attorneys general to expand our investigations into the abusive lending and packaging of risky mortgages that led to the housing crisis. This new unit will hold accountable those who broke the law, speed assistance to homeowners, and help turn the page on an era of recklessness that hurt so many Americans.”