Forget the threat of Hell's infernal flames. The true torture would condemn a man to wait and wait and wait - for an eternity

As the sun lowered into the city's skyline, casting an orange glow over the islands, Jana could feel people's hopes rising.

That is our Shield Ring, our last stronghold; not the barrier fells and the totter-moss between, but something in the hearts of men.

Its magnificence was indescribable, and its magnitude was inconceivable. She felt overwhelmed in the presence of its greatness. Pg 87

I understand, gentlemen,” John Kennedy said. “If you find that life it’s not easy, let me tell you, death is worse.

In her orchard the trees had been born from deaths; they marked and grew from the remains of the children that had passed through her.

According to Robert, his friend Moses was a soldier in the first war, as he described it. He fought Indians and soldiers in red coats.

A warrior becomes experienced by being defeated; a scholar by making mistakes. Defeat and mistakes we have left in the past," he said.

Yet, the quest for knowledge will overcome us and we must know. And, at last, we must see where the road ends, even if it be the cliff.

Wouldn't you like to be my lord Duke of Exeter? Come on, Dom. Say something.""You have lost your mind.""Say something less insulting.

To those of you who are enslaved by your past, may my story set you free. For youth is innocent and its beauty is to always be cherished.

I don’t like coming over here at night, the girl said. The bayou is scary in the dark, all manner of things running wild out there.

Naughty John, Naughty John, does his work with his apron on. Cuts your throat and takes your bones, sells 'em off for a coupla stones.

It was not an unusual site to see Negro tenant farmers crossing the intersection of Spring and Barbrick on the way to the cotton warehouse

Not having any drink about ain’t the same as not understanding the need for one. Times like these change a body’s perspective.