Elsewhen Press Quotes & Sayings

On Calvert Street, the row houses stood in two endless lines. "I don't see how you know which one was home," Luke had told him once, and Cody had been amazed. Oh, if you lived here you knew. They weren't alike at all, not really. One had dozens of roses struggling in its tiny front yard, another an illuminated Madonna glowing night and day in the parlor window. Some had their trim painted in astonishing colors, assertively, like people with their chins thrust out. The fact that they were attached didn't mean a thing. — Anne Tyler

I have found all things thus far, persons and inanimate matter, elements and seasons, strangely adapted to my resources. — Henry David Thoreau

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel. — Che Guevara

As well chain the eagle's wing to make it mount, as doubt in order to increase our grace. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Yes, they think we're dumb. They call us the "common people." But I've been sitting here listening and looking and trying to understand what's so common about us. I think they're guilty of a gross mis-statement of fact-we are the uncommon people- — Ralph Ellison

I want to leave a mark.

But Van Houten: The marks humans leave are too often scars. — John Green

History doesn't remember gardens.
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You forgot the wise administrators, those who kept the peace, those who brought prosperity. You needn't feel embarrassed, though. So did history. — Andrew Ashling