Source: The Princess Bride
“When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.”
Clarence Darrow (1857–1938) American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union
As quoted in Clarence Darrow for the Defense (1941) by Irving Stone, Ch. 6
M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916–2004) singer,Carnatic vocalist
Mahatma Gandhi quoted here.[Johri, Meera, Greatness of Spirit: Profiles of Indian Magsaysay Award Winners, http://books.google.com/books?id=j1iegDJAYakC&pg=PA55, 2010, Rajpal & Sons, 978-81-7028-858-9, 58]
About M.S.
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Variant: The best often die by their own hand
just to get away,
and those left behind
can never quite understand
why anybody
would ever want to
get away
from
them.
Kurt Vonnegut book The Sirens of Titan
Epilogue “Reunion with Stony” (pp. 310-311)
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
"The Darlings at the Top of the Stairs", Lanterns & Lances (1961); previously appeared in The Queen and in Harper's Magazine.
From Lanterns and Lances
“I believe so... Don't accuse anybody else.”
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
Reply to the police when Vincent was asked if he had attempted to commit suicide (27 July 1890), as reported in "The Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh" on 60 Minutes, 16 October 2011 http://www.cbsnews.com/2102-18560_162-20120760.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody <br class="br">1890s
Jim Webb (1946) American politician, military officer and author
In Following His Own Script, Webb May Test Senate's Limits, Washington Post, November 29, 2006, Michael D. Shear http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR2006112801582.html,
“Percy muttered. ‘I want to drown her.’
‘Be patient, water boy.’
‘Don’t call me water boy.”
Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus
Source: The Blood of Olympus
