"On a surface level, regionalism is gone, if we define regionalism as human culture. But, what if we define regionalism as something older than human culture?"

“Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.”

Source : Sappho, Mary Barnard (1958). “Sappho”, p.116, Univ of California Press

“If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!”

Source : Francis Thackeray, William Pitt (1827). “A history of the Right Honorable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: containing his speeches in Parliament : a considerable portion of his correspondence, when Secretary of State, upon French, Spanish, and American affairs, never before published with an account of the principal events and persons of his time, connected with his life, sentiments and administrations ; (Mit dem Bildnisse Pitts)”, p.327

“Yoga gave me the ability to calm down.”

“I have no question: It is enough, I know what fixed the station Of star and cloud. And knowing all, I cry. . . .”

“The people the Republicans should reach out to are the white votes, the white voters who didn't vote in the last election. The propagandists are leading us down the wrong path.”

Source : "Phyllis Schlafly Tells Republicans To Ignore Hispanic Voters, Focus On White People" by Meredith Bennett-Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 30, 2013.

“Realize that true happiness lies within you.”

“Man must learn to believe in that which he does not, at the moment, see in order to grant himself that which he desires to have. Man's prayers are always answered, for he always receives that which he believes. The law that governs prayer is impersonal. Belief is the condition necessary to realize the desire. No amount of pleas or ritual will bring about the fulfillment of your desires other than the belief that you are or have that which you want.”

“Donald Trump called George W. Bush 'the worst president in the history of the United States.' Then he added, 'Until, of course, I'm elected.'”