America Quote by Patrick Henry

From my spirit's gray defeat, From my pulse's flagging beat, From my hopes that turned to sand Sifting through my close-clenched hand, From my…

— Sara Teasdale

“My body was still too numb to feel the crushing waves pound me, and I truly felt a freedom and peace, as if I…

— Chanda Hahn

I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul.

— Bobby Sands

“I would almost plead for a pinprick of salvation, to pierce the burden, the damned skin of words wrapped around me.”

— David Grossman

“Before, as I walked about, either on my hunting, or for viewing the country, the anguish of my soul at my condition would break…

— Daniel Defoe

“Hold my hands O Lord! Teach me to walk once again My mind is covered with clouds dark And my soul wriggles in pain!”

— Neelam Saxena Chandra

“What I needed with all my starved and silent soul was just that particular way of shouting back at the world.”

— Iris Murdoch

“I divested myself of despair and fear when I came here. Now there is no more catching one's own eye in the mirror, there…

— Jane Kenyon

“now I saw it was so far from any goodness in me to own myself spiritually dead and destitute of all goodness that, on…

— Jonathan Edwards

“Now while my lips are living Their words must stay unsaid, And will my soul remember To speak when I am dead? Yet if…

— Sara Teasdale

The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.

— Frederick Douglass

“What if we spoke every word as if it was our last? Would we hurry to impress the masses with our wisdom? Would we…

— Elizabeth Novak