"The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles." — Jack Kerouac, American author, born 1922
"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