John Gabriel

“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
― Winston S. Churchill, Blood, Sweat and Tears

“I don't know a better preparation for life than love of poetry and a good digestion”
― Zona Gale

“To learn something, to master something, anything, is as sweet as first love.”
― Geoffrey Wolff