Americanista Quotes & Sayings

To bow to the fact of our life's sorrows and betrayals is to accept them; and from this deep gesture we discover that all life is workable. As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine. — Jack Kornfield

within the next fifty years or so "all coral reefs will cease to grow and start to dissolve. — Elizabeth Kolbert

Life doesn't happen to me because I don't let it happen. I'm afraid it won't happen the only way I want it to happen: my way. — Carol Vorvain

In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference. — P. J. O'Rourke

I am not all knowing.
Therefore, I will not even attempt to be.
I need to be loved.
Therefore, I will be open to loving children.
I want to be more accepting of the child in me.
Therefore, I will with wonder and awe allow children to illuminate my world. — Garry L. Landreth

No, she didn't. Alexandra saw what Maycomb saw: Maycomb expected every daughter to do her duty. The duty of his only daughter to her widowed father after the death of his only son was clear: Jean Louise would return and make her home with Atticus; that was what a daughter did, and she who did not was no daughter. — Harper Lee