"My mom lived by herself with two kids. Sacrifice was the name of the game at our house."

“Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.”

“Take love when love is given, But never think to find it A sure escape from sorrow Or a complete repose.”

Source : Sara Teasdale, William Drake (1984). “Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale”, MacMillan Publishing Company

“Until we are all free, we are none of us free.”

Source : Emma Lazarus (1987). “An Epistle to the Hebrews”, Jewish Historical Society of

“I am going to keep my mind (well, what's left of it) occupied by doing (and I never thought the day would come when I would say this) my homework.”

“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.”

“If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.”

“A great love is a lot like a good memory. When it's there, and you know it's there, but its just out of your reach, it can be all that you think about. And you can focus on it, and try to force it. But the more that you do, the more you seem to push it away. But if you're patient, and hold still...Maybe. Just maybe, it'll come to you.”

Source : "Fictional character: Pvt. Leonard L. Church". "Red vs. Blue" (TV Series), www.imdb.com. (2003– ).

“Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.”