History After 1865 Quotes

#1. Back home, he sleeps in Clarence's bed. Then he moves across and arranges the pillows beside the ghost of his wife. All three of them lie down together. The pulse of Louis Armstrong sounds out from the record player, the notes moving tenderly through his torment.

Colum McCann

#2. It is not the man of great native talent who wins, but he who pushes his talent however small to its utmost capacity.

Carolyn Coats

#3. Someone dehumanises you by violating your child and every human thought you had for them is broken, undermined, then gone.

Abigail Tarttelin

#4. Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.

James Montgomery

#5. Pride costs nothing, yet it is especially precious when it can be "purchased" at someone else's expense.

Andrew Levkoff

#6. You don't have to pass an IQ test to be in the Senate.

Mark Pryor

#7. Autumn in my garden is when trees give their tickertape welcome to winter.

Densey Clyne