The whites came to this land for a fresh start and to escape the tyranny of their masters, just as the freemen had fled theirs. But the ideals they held up for themselves, they denied others.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Innovation often happens at the boundaries of different fields.

I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get.