"Hath every pelting river made so proud

That they have overborne their continents" "A Midsummer Nights Dream: Act 2, Scene 1" William Shakespeare

“Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,

Still-waking sleep that is not what it is!” "Romeo and Juliet: Act 1, Scene 1" William Shakespeare

"All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances. . ." "As You Like It: Act 2, Scene 7" William Shakespeare

"Winter collapsed in on us that year; it knelt exhausted and stayed" History of Wolves Emily Fridlund

Canadian weather resembles a slightly spoiled beautiful girl with a good heart, but a bad disposition. After being horrid for much too long a time, she suddenly turns right about and makes up for everything with so much charm that you vow again you always loved her! - Author: Wilder Penfield

"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping..." "The Raven" Edgar Alan Poe

“Hark, hark!

Bow-wow.

The watch-dogs bark!

Bow-wow.

Hark, hark! I hear

The strain of strutting chanticleer

Cry, ‘cock-a-diddle-dow!'” "The Tempest: Act 1, Scene 2" William Shakespeare

"He won the lottery and died the next day." Alanis Morissette

"Layne sneezed with the force of a Mega Power 4000 Hair Dryer." P.S. I Loathe You by Lisi Harrison

"Why couldn't you stay calm for once instead of flying off the handle?" "Defying Gravity" Idina Menzel

" We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids." The Outsiders S.E.Hinton

"The memory of the dream will linger a little longer." The 5 Wave Rick Vancey

"For purple mountains majesty; above the fruited plain." "America the Beautiful" Katharine Lee Bates

"What happened in the dungeon between you and professor Quirrell is a complete secret; so, naturally, the whole school knows. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K.Rowling

" The whitewashed brick plantation house seemed to be an island set in a wild red sea." Gone With the Wind Margaret Mitchell

"They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity." Declaration of Independence

"By at the gallop goes he.

By at the gallop he goes, and then

By he comes back at the gallop again." "Windy Nights" Robert Louis Stevenson

"The rune on his left forearm stood for protection." City of Ashes Cassandra Clare

"Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart;

Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea" "London 1802" William Wordsworth

"The caged bird sings

With a fearful trill

Of things unknown

But longed for still

And his tune is heard

On the distant hill

For the caged bird

Sings of freedom.”

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

Maya Angelou

"And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep."

--Robert Frost "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,

The furrow followed free;

We were the first that ever burst

Into that silent sea."

“Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"At a truck stop diner just outside of Lincoln,

The night is black as the coffee he was drinking"

" Colder Weather" Zac Brown Band –

"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of human talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House-with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

-President John F. Kennedy, White House dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners

“Giveitawaygiveitawaygiveitawaynow”

“Give It Away” Red Hot Chili Peppers,

"An oppressive odor met us when we crossed the threshold, an odor I had met many times in rain-rotted gray houses where there are coal-oil lamps, water-dippers, and unbleached domestic sheets" To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee

"Our lives are better left to chance

I could have missed the pain

But I’d have had to miss the dance"

"The Dance" Garth Brooks

"Last night, while I lay thinking here,

Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear

And pranced and partied all night long

And sang their same old Whatif song:"

"Whatif" Shel Silverstein

“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”

" Big Yellow Taxi" Joni Mitchell