“Sweet as sweetest Grecian honey will my song be when I sing, O Beloved...” — Ruben Dario Quote

“Sweet as sweetest Grecian honey will my song be when I sing, O Beloved, in the season of the Spring!”

“You are an Universe of Universes and your soul a source of songs.”

“Calla, calla, princesa —dice el hada madrina—;”

“Race is the true protagonist of the American novel. Our most popular classic fictions have known this, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Beloved;' all these books take on race or talk it out, often in other forms; they are less 'horror stories for boys' than ghost stories from a haunted conscience.”

“I keep a picture of my beloved children close by. Also, water and plenty of pads and pens.”

“Our post-denominational age should be the perfect time for a Mormon to become president, or at least the Republican nominee. Mormons share nearly all the conservative commitments so beloved of the evangelicals who wield disproportionate influence in primary elections.”