In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras.
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.
They weren't wearing insignia.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
My home is not a place, it is people.
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.