“Oh, the comfort—the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person—having neither to weigh thoughts nor to measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together.”~Dinah Maria Murlock Craik English novelist and poet Dinah Maria Murlock Craik was born on this day in 1826.
“Don’t dream it, be it.”~Tim Curry British actor and singer Tim Curry was born on this day in 1946.
“Traveling around I don’t think people are that horrible, I think they just don’t know.”~Kathy Acker American experimental novelist, playwright, essayist, and postmodernist writer Kathy Acker was born on this day in 1947.
“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.”~Karen Blixen Danish author Karen Blixen was born on this day in 1885.
“Literature allows us to be open, to listen, and to be curious.” ~Tracy K. Smith American poet and educator Tracy K. Smith was born on this day in 1972.
“I don’t think you should let your age stop anything you want to do. Don’t put an age limit on your dreams.” ~Dara Torres American former competitive swimmer Dara Torres was born on this day in 1967.
“People who are against hate are not a fringe minority, not even a silent majority, but are a silenced majority, silenced by the corporate media.” ~Amy Goodman American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, and author Amy Goodman was born on this day in 1957.
“Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.” ~Henry Clay American lawyer and statesman Henry Clay was born on this day in 1777.
“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.” ~Leo Rosten American writer and humorist Leo Rosten was born on this day in 1908.
“Men should be judged not by their tint of skin, the gods they serve, the vintage they drink, nor by the way they fight, or love, or sin, but by the quality of the thought they think.” ~Adela Florence Nicolson English poet Adela Florence Nicolson was born on this day in 1865.
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