“We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition . . .” – Amelia E. Barr

“After all it’s the people you hold close to your heart who have the power to make you bleed.” — Ally Carter

“Words calculated to catch everyone may catch no one.” – Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

“Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.” – Christian Nestell Bovee