Out of respect for custom he treats me as if all women were equally worthless. He gives custom more respect than he gives me. - Orson Scott Card

If there's no place in the universe for a man to resist the thieves of freedom and still be called a good man, then I don't think there is any good or evil in the universe.

The great forces of history were real, after a fashion. But when you examined them closely, those great forces always came down to the dreams and hungers and judgments of individuals. The choices they made were real. They mattered.

The Lord took twice the time making thee, Alvin Smith, cause it took that long to put the mischief in.