"When I see birches bend to left and right... I like to think some boy's been swinging them."

“Your body is a vehicle of your emotions and a vehicle of feelings and a vehicle of whatever you need to get done in life. And you've got to take care of that vehicle.”

“Prayer should be soundless words coming forth from the center of your heart filled with love.”

“Will you marry me, vile and abominable girl that you are? Yes, but, mind, it only to save my neck from being wrung!”

“I'm sort of the bossiest sister.”

“Even this late it happens the coming of love, the coming of light. You wake and the candles are lit as if by themselves, stars gather, dreams pour into your pillows, sending up warm bouquets of air. Even this late the bones of the body shine and tomorrow’s dust flares into breath.”

Source : Mark Strand (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.166, Knopf

“Constant conflict is actually often good politics, because the more you can inflame your supporters the more likely they are to show up at Election Day. And if they're more inflamed than the other side, even if the other side has more people agreeing with it, you'll win, because your crowd will show up.”

“Thought is just an apprehension of touch.”

“An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.”

Source : William Manchester (2015). “The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932”, p.310, Pan Macmillan