“My name is Carter Kane. I'm fourteen and my home is a suitcase.”

“My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm not running for president.”

Jimmy Carter (1924) American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)

“I would've hit the water hard, but at the last second I changed into a falcon.

~Carter Kane”

Rick Riordan book The Serpent's Shadow

“My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered.”

Alice Sebold book The Lovely Bones

“Carter Kane, 14, died tragically in Paris when he was eaten by his sister’s cat Muffin.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

“Somewhere behind me, Zia yelled, "Hippo!" Which I thought was a little late.

~Carter Kane”

Rick Riordan book The Serpent's Shadow

“For an absurd moment, I wondered if Ammit devoured the hearts of wicked cows, and if he liked the beefy taste.

- Carter Kane”

Rick Riordan book The Serpent's Shadow

“The earth is my altar, the sky is my dome, mind is my garden, the heart is my home and I'm always at home — yea, I'm always at Om.”

Eden ahbez (1908–1995) American songwriter and recording artist

“I'm sitting in the railway station.
Got a ticket to my destination.
On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band.”

Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer

“Our passion is our strength.
I dreamed that I pissed in my suitcase one time, I woke up in the morning and uh I had urine inside my suitcase.”

Billie Joe Armstrong (1972) American singer and guitarist