"The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy." — Ken Kesey, American author, born 1935
"Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song?" — Francis Scott, American poet, born 1779
"A poet can feel free, in my estimation, to write a poem for himself. Or a painter can paint a painting for himself. You can write a short story for yourself. But for me, comedy by its nature is communal. If other people don't get it, I'm not sure why you are doing it." — Keegan-Michael Key, American comedian, born 1971
"I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I had needed a size thirty-eight bra instead of a modest thirty-four." — Evelyn Keyes, American actress, born 1916
"There are two tragedies in life, one is not to get your heart's desire, the other is to get it." — Evelyn Keyes, American actress, born 1916
"I was the original Cinderella girl, looking for the happy ending in the fairy story. But my fantasy prince never came." — Evelyn Keyes, American actress, born 1916
"I was always interested in the man of the moment - and there were so many such moments." — Evelyn Keyes, American actress, born 1916
"Everything you want to be, you already are. You're simply on the path to discovering it." — Evelyn Keyes, American actress, born 1916
"Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer." — Inayat Khan, Founder of The Sufi Order in the West, born 1882
"God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open." — Inayat Khan, Founder of The Sufi Order in the West, born 1882
"Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence." — Inayat Khan, Founder of The Sufi Order in the West, born 1882
"Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where." — Omar Khayyam, Persian poet, born 1048
"It’s too bad if a heart lacks fire, and is deprived of the light of a heart ablaze. The day on which you are without passionate love is the most wasted day of your life." — Omar Khayyam, Persian poet, born 1048