"We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children."

“If she were going to die, I'd already be screaming. I'm a Banshee. That's what we do.”

“No art can develop until it penetrates deeply into the life of the people.”

Source : Meridel Le Sueur, Elaine Hedges (1990). “Ripening: Selected Work”, p.239, Feminist Press at CUNY

“Pleasure is the bait of sin”

“At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary.”

Source : Allen Tate (2014). “Collected Poems, 1919-1976”, p.74, Macmillan

“I think there are two basic approaches you can use for campaign finance. One is complete openness, everybody knows absolutely everything, but no limits. But you let people decide.The other is just have a national public system.”

“I am not surprised that the President of the United States called this a phony scandal. I'm not surprised that Secretary Clinton asked, "What difference does it make?" I'm not even surprised that Jay Carney said that Benghazi happened 'a long time ago.' I'm just surprised at how many people bought it.”

Source : "Gowdy: Why Does the Media Not Care About Benghazi?". www.realclearpolitics.com. May 18, 2014.

“It is said that the inferior seek to emulate the superior. Thus, if a general slackens only a little, those beneath him will be greatly negligent.”

“From where many of us in the U.K. sit, American politics is hopelessly polarized. All kinds of issues get bundled up into two great heaps. The rest of the world, today and across the centuries, simply doesn't see things in this horribly oversimplified way.”