“He wondered at the atrocities human kind was capable of committing. The majority of those housed below were ill, mentally or physically,… — Brynn Chapman Copy Share Image
My first American ancestor, gentlemen, was an Indian-an early Indian. Your ancestors skinned him alive, and I am an orphan. All those… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“She promised you'd get to shore in one piece.' Cheap said, 'and I won't make a liar out of her. But if… — Donna Thorland Copy Share Image
That to me is the basic message of events like the rise of Nazism, the Salem witch trials, and so on: not… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“What exists beneath the sea? I’d always pictured it in colors of emerald and aquamarine, where black velvet fish with sequined eyes… — Kelly Easton Copy Share Image
To the Baptist Churches on Neal's Greek on Black Creek, North Carolina I have received, fellow-citizens, your address, approving my objection to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“At the age of 54 I saw my first aurora in Salem, Oregon, USA. I knew something was up with the environmental… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
In his play depicting the Salem Witch Trials, the author illustrates profound psychological bullying. The ringleader of young girls suspected of unsavory… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
Even the best of us have certain psychological mechanisms that can suddenly kick in and turn us into monsters. That to me… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“But then, not long after, in another article, Loftus writes, "We live in a strange and precarious time that resembles at its… — Lauren Slater Copy Share Image
“We're all here. We're close to the truck, and we met Kenton, a fine citizen of Salem. We rescued Izzy and found… — Jonathan Friesen Copy Share Image
“The world he thought he knew had become an odd thing, twisting time and purpose. But it had remained an unfair universe… — Susan Catalano Copy Share Image
“..Abigail's singing while I painted. How we laughed so when no one was watching. And how finding a black-eyed Susan tucked into… — Adriana Mather Copy Share Image
“The laughter of children filled the crisp air while off-beat rhythms of knocks and door bells mixed with a chorus of "trick… — Amber Newberry Copy Share Image
“Sometimes painfully lost people can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know, or be reminded of---the more history… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
With its brutal excesses and reliance on snitches and finks as informants, I don't think it's far off-kilter to describe the modern-day… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
North Carolina is a fascinating state, because you've got these urban areas. You've got the Piedmont Triangle - Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
“It was dark, now, the gossamer moon hanging among diamond stars in the soft black of the night.” — Amber Newberry Copy Share Image
“Out in the stone-pile the toad squatted with its glowing jewel-eyes and, maybe, its memories. I don't know if you'll admit a… — Henry Kuttner Copy Share Image
I have always endeavored to acquire strict business habits; they are indispensable to every man. If your trade is with the Celestial… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already. It is but… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“When change cometh, she will bring peace at her back. She will not bend to your will; you must bend to heres.” — Adriana Mather Copy Share Image
“When change cometh, she will bring peace at her back. She will not bend to your will; you must bend to hers.” — Adriana Mather Copy Share Image
