Quote by J.W. Ocker

“Over the last fifteen months we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been to fifty-seven states. I think, one left…

— Barack Obama

“I'm sure I still have boundaries-like the continental U.S, for example.”

— Stephenie Meyer

“Young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled, Americans have sent…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“And the truth is, the country is very cool. It’s absolutely the new town.”

— Sophie Kinsella

You can go to Europe, and there's no turnin' back - any parts of Europe. Wherever you are, there is no stop and go…

— John Lee Hooker

Just because you're from up north, it's not like the blues are a regional thing. It's just all about what moves you.

— Susan Tedeschi

“I’m thinking about how fluid the border is between crazy and interesting, and how hard it is to decide who belongs where. Hell, most…

— Melissa DeCarlo

“Hey. Please. This is not the Midwest. All right? Michigan is the Midwest, God knows why. This is the Plains: a state of mind,…

— Tracy Letts

“I mean, when do we start feeling like the world belongs to us?”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“The blues are because you're getting fat or maybe it's been raining too long. You're sad, that's all. But the mean reds are horrible.…

— Truman Capote

“If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going.”

— Wendell Berry

“It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between.”

— Diane Ackerman