Kasper Bertelsen

“His younger brother looked to him for advice—wisdom—never realizing that older people were almost as uncertain of everything as Billy was, if not more.”
― John Jakes, The North and South Trilogy: North and South / Love and War / Heaven and Hell

“Shirking responsibilities is the curse of our modern life — the secret of all the unrest and discontent that is seething in the world.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams: Anne Shirley Series, Unabridged

“Treat your child with reverence and you need no parenting manuals.”
― Naomi Aldort, Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves: Transforming parent-child relationships from reaction and struggle to freedom, power and joy

“No, sir. But even if they are, I’m inclined to go with them.” “For God’s sake, man—why?” The foreman peered at Cooper as if he were callow, not very bright. “South Carolina is my home. Those men speak up for it. No one else does, Mr. Main.”
― John Jakes, The North and South Trilogy: North and South / Love and War / Heaven and Hell