Herman Melville Redburn Quotes

#1. I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.

Maria Mitchell

#2. My arm was extended upward pleading for peace and the Union of our Fathers. When my hand came down, it fell slowly and sadly by the side of a Secessionist.

Zebulon Baird Vance

#3. An Englishman was reflecting on the different words that people use for fish. 'Isn't it strange,' he said, 'that the French say le poisson, the Spanish say el pescado, and the English call it fish - which is what it is.'

Alexander McCall Smith

#4. There are as many different kinds of books as there are writers - as many different responses as there are readers.

Sara Sheridan

#5. Beliefs are choices. No one has authority over your personal beliefs. Your beliefs are in jeopardy only when you don't know what they are.

Jay Allison

#6. No one should be judged for what they read, nor should authors by what they write.

Karina Halle

#7. To God be the glory, great things He has done and greater things He will do.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#8. Clear, and compassionate, this collection illuminates the problems and opportunities that flowed from Christchurch after the quakes, and interrogates the manmade disaster that followed. Everyone should read this book.

Gaylene Preston