"We mothers rock into the heart of the world the melody of peace." — Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet, born 1891
"At 11, I could say "I am sodium" (Element 11), and now at 79, I am gold." — Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, born 1933
"Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure" — Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, born 1933
"Peace is much more precious than a piece of land. Let there be no more wars." — Anwar Sadat, 3rd President of Egypt, born December 25, 1918
"She had already allowed her delectable lover to pluck that flower which, so different from the rose to which it is nevertheless sometimes compared, has not the same faculty of being reborn each spring." — Marquis de Sade, French aristocrat, born June 2, 1740
"In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice." — Marquis de Sade, French aristocrat, born 1740
"Sex is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other." — Marquis de Sade, French aristocrat, born 1740
"Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates." — Marquis de Sade, French aristocrat, born 1740
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." — Carl Sagan, American astrophysicist, born November 9, 1934
"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it." — Carl Sagan, American astrophysicist, died December 20, 1996
"For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love." — Carl Sagan, American astrophysicist, died December 20, 1996
"Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic." — Carl Sagan, American astrophysicist, born November 9, 1934
"A beautiful woman, many ages have agreed, is an ax that cuts down a man’s life." — Ihara Saikaku, Japanese poet born 1642