“ What New England is, is a state of mind, a place where dry humor and perpetual disappointment blend to produce an ironic pessimism that folks from away find most perplexing Willem Lange
“ Now, nature, as I am only too aware, has her enthusiasts, but on the whole, I am not to be counted among them. To put it bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who… Fran Lebowitz
“ Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it's eight times as good as any other method. Robert A. Heinlein
“ How can we be alive and not wonder about the stories we knit together this place we call the world? Without stories our universe is merely rocks and clouds and lava and blackness. It's a village scrap… Douglas Coupland
“ We keep electing council members for appearance sake, it doesn’t mean anything, and it is just a show for the people, so that they may sleep well at night with their delusion of peace. S.R. Gibbs
“ His father was an ass and he is an ass. I imagine sooner than I should like I shall be playing uncle to a litter of asses. T.A. Miles
“ Think of mental energy as broadcasting on a certain wavelength,” he tried to explain. “People with powers of the mind can tap into that wavelength…”“That’s all fine and good,” I nodded, “but evidently… M.A. George
“ Most of you Mistborn are probably too proud to crawl. I'm surprised you were willing to do so your Brandon Sanderson
“ When the Attorney-General ceased, a buzz arose in the court as if a cloud of great blue-flies were swarming about the prisoner, in anticipation of what he was soon to become. Charles Dickens