Auscultating Lung Quotes

#1. Broadway - the great sluice that washes out the dust of the gold-mines of Gotham.

O. Henry

#2. You don't need to know the purpose as you write, but when you read over something you've written, you should be able to point to any given element - be that a line of dialogue, a descriptive phrase, a plot point - and say why it's there.

Diana Gabaldon

#3. I have no way to defend my borders but to extend them.

Catherine The Great

#4. The seeds of salvation are buried in every act of evil.

Shusaku Endo

#5. I think that less presidential interference the better.

Chuck Grassley

#6. I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by ... worried ... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith.

B.F. Skinner

#7. The important thing about "brave" is, it doesn't mean you're not terrified.

Sinead O'Connor

#8. We are not so different, and yet we are worlds apart. Ahkeel/Akil, The Veil Series prequel.

Pippa DaCosta

#9. We all have negative thoughts. They are impossible to avoid. But ongoing negative thoughts...That's a choice.

Tom Cunningham

#10. My parents are pretty religious, devout, but did they force it on me? No, I don't think so. I still think of myself as a Lutheran, just one who doesn't go to church.

Kristen Schaal

#11. To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.

Tia Walker