All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.
Everybody has different stories about where I came from. Nobody really knows.
All the quantum physics experiments have occurred chiefly on the atomic scale and we are taught to believe that nature's laws are consistent.
America became a special source of attraction to people who were fleeing the aftereffects of the 30 Years War and the religious persecution that began to sweep through Europe in the period between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. And when people got here, very often they succeeded.
Once the social and spiritual opening was created for women in the form of spiritualism, suddenly ambitious women who wanted to participate in the culture had a kind of a voice.
I think spiritualism, mesmerism, the mental healing movement, provided some people with the most meaningful experiences of their lives.
I think that all of the scars and all of the layers that I've built over the years made me the person that I am today, and I'm pretty happy about that person.
Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.
A sob racks my body again, and he wraps his arms around me so tightly I find it difficult to breathe, but it doesn't matter. My dignified weeping gives way to full-on ugliness, my mouth open and my face contorted and sounds like a dying animal coming from my throat. If this continues I will break apart, and maybe that would be better, maybe it would be better to shatter and bear nothing.
For generations, America has served as a beacon of hope and freedom for those outside her borders, and as a land of limitless opportunity for those risking everything to seek a better life. Their talents and contributions have continued to enrich our country.