American values Quote by Nathaniel Philbrick

“The misery with them all was, clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good, in human matters, and had lost the power for ever.”

— Charles Dickens

“well were those that were destined to do so from the very beginning, without any help at all, while all the others were lost…

— Franz Kafka

“They were careless people...they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“They died comfortably in their little bed of understanding, to become useful citizens of the world. I pitied them, and in short order I…

— Henry Miller

“They had each survived into adulthood by proceeding warily, yet now they were expected to walk with a heavy step and newfound power through…

— Thomas Mullen

“We lost our courage as a people. Sure, some people still had it, but as a people, as a group where we all had…

— Rick Wiedeman

“Their hearts and guts never had a moment of peace. They were afraid that all the calculations, all the planning, all that keeping things…

— Sándor Márai

“Actions fueled by desperation. They were the worst kinds of decisions, because desperate people could see the error of their ways and simply not…

— Emily Lloyd-Jones

“It was the fact that they tried so hard that doomed them.”

— Alexandra Robbins

“But instead of losing quietly, one by one, they have banded together with a mindless kind of loyalty and moved outside the framework, for…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“They had survived, when so many had not. And no one ­else could understand what it was like to bear it, unless they had…

— Sarah J. Maas

“They had decided to renovate their way out of the grief. Neither of them was sure it was a good plan, but it was…

— Camilla Läckberg