They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

- Edgar Allan Poe

Truth is not always in a well. In fact, as regards the more important knowledge, I do believe that she is invariably superficial. The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.

- Edgar Allan Poe

Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside of us, and sometimes, they win.

- Stephen King

There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet.

- Emerson

When the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is reduced to a quest for power.

- Alston Chase