“ I'm always disappointed when I see the word Puritan tossed around as shorthand for a bunch of generic, boring, stupid, judgmental killjoys. Because to me, they are very specific, fascinating, sometime… Sarah Vowell
“ There is no creature so perfect in wisdom and knowledge but may learn something for time present, and to come, by times past. John Robinson
“ I believe each of us is a pilgrim in our own way; we are all lost souls, trying to find our way home. Seth Adam Smith
“ The Pilgrims believed beer was an unalloyed good, a 'good creature of God.' People who did not drink were suspect and 'crank-brained. Susan Cheever
“ And I may not omit here a special work of God's providence. There was a proud and very profane young man [aboard the Mayflower], one of the seamen, of a lusty, able body, which made him the more haugh… William Bradford
“ Ever since the morning, Pierre had beheld many frightful sufferings in that woeful white train. But none had so distressed his soul as did that wretched female skeleton, liquefying in the midst of its… Emile Zola
