“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”

“Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue.”

“And muse on Nature with a poet's eye.”

“The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.”

“How delicious is the winning of a kiss at love's beginning.”

“And Freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell!”

“But who can remember pain, once its over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”

“I know what you are learning to endure. There is nothing to be done. Make sure nothing is wasted. Take notes. Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In lif...”

“My mind, I know, I can prove, hovers on hummingbird wings. It hovers and it churns. And when it's operating at full thrust, the churning does not stop. The machines do not rest, the systems rarely ...”