"The land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts." – Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind

"All children's books are about ideals. Adult fiction sets out to portray and then explain the world as it really is; books for children present it as it should be." – Humphrey Carpenter

"A champion is someone who gets up when he can't." – Jack Dempsey

"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." – George Orwell, Animal Farm