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It's not Shakespeare or de Tocqueville. This author is British and was born about 70 years after Shakespeare, in 1632.

Here's another quote and a hint. This author's ideas on government influenced the American founding fathers and was the basis for the phrase, "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence.

No it's not Darwin. Here's another:

Try this:

Is it Melville?

Hey Jonny, Happy Belated Birthday and Best wishes for a Great Year! Keep those great stories coming!

Dot, From what I know of your situation, these versus from Corinthians would be applicable: From what I've seen, you did everything you knew to do to hold up your end of the marriage vow. He chose to leave. So according to the New Testatment, you're not under any obligation. God wants you to have peace. I'm sure it's not easy, but don't beat yourself up over broken vows. You didn't break it.

I recently read this poem in my daughter's 4th grade literature book. I can't think of the name of the author right now.

Thanks Dan! I knew it too. (((((((((((((((Dan))))))))))))))) And thanks for starting this Name the Author Game. It's a lot of fun and good learning too.

Thanks, b.! I can see why you hid them in your car. I remember getting in trouble for reading "The God Smuggler" when I was a WOW. I guess it wasn't "wayish" enough or something.

Right! B. You're up! The first quotes about reading were from her book, "How Reading Changed My Life". The last ones from her latest book: "Good Dog. Stay." I picked Anna Quindlen because her book, "How Reading Changed My Life" had a very strong emotional impact on me. I hope you guys don't mind me sharing it here. I was sitting in a Barnes and Noble bookstore about 5 or so years ago, doing one of my all time favorite things to do. At that time it was even more rare for me to have the opportunity at sit in a bookstore and read a book, because my children were younger then. I like to browse around and collect a stack of books that sound interesting and sit down in one of the chairs and read for as long as I can get away with it. So I picked up "How Reading Changed My Life" and started to read. I hadn't gotten very far into the book, when I started to weep uncontrollably. I mean deep sobs and tears started and I couldn't stop them. It was a good thing I was hidden away in the back of the store because I was quite embarrassed. It's just that some of the quotes I put up here, and others about her reading childhood like, "But I felt that I, too, existed much of the time in a different dimension from everyone else I knew.", reminded me so much of my own childhood. When I was a child I read in bed until "just one more page" wouldn't buy me any more time and the lights were put out, then under the covers with a flashlight until I was discovered. I would read in class with a book hidden behind a textbook, trying to look like I was paying attention. It was a part of me that I had let die when I was sixteen years old and I took the PFAL line of "put away all your other reading materials for three months" to heart and put them away for three months that turned into thirteen years. Even thirty or so years later, after being out of TWI since 1987, this was part of me that was still dead. Oh I still read books and lots of them, but there was something missing. Something in the back of my mind still said that I had to be reading something "spiritual" or at least something practical. Anyway something came alive in me again after that. I've regained something that was lost. And I'm trying to catch up on all that lost reading time...

So do you have a name for the journalist/author? Maybe these will be more recognizable...

George, Amazing what you can learn from comic books... Here are a few more.

It was elementary my dear Raf. I'll post a quote in a bit.

Could it be Arthur Conan Doyle?

Alice Walker?

I thought I would weigh in here with what I've been thinking about and learning about this subject lately. First, I'm very suspect of any "doctrine" taught by TWI, whether about the nature of God, or heaven, hell, death etc. We were so indoctrinated to believe what was taught in PFAL and the explanations given to explain away contrary views. Lazarus in Abraham's bosom: Luke 16:19-31 The great cloud of witnesses in Hebrews 12 The mount of transfiguration - Moses and Elijah appeared to Jesus and Peter, James and John in Matthew 17:1-4 Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, "Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." the spirits of just men made perfect in Revelation There are others but I don't have a lot of time right now. So the Bible does indicate that the dead are alive, in spite of what we learned in PFAL, but there are also verses that indicate what's called "soul-sleep" until the Resurrection. So, I've been thinking, what if both are true? We live in a limited arena of space and time, limited to three space dimensions and one time dimension. But the realm of heaven is outside of time and space, so what if those who leave this earthly realm through death, go immediately to the heavenly realm which is outside of our limited view of linear time. To us and our limited view they may be "asleep", but to them, they are immediately transported to the "eternal life", which is outside of our limited view of space and time. I've been thinking about this for a while, and I recently came across this which may explain it better than I: "Soul Sleep" or Immediate Resurrection

Paw and Ralph, Thanks so much for that honest recap of the events of those dark days. So happy they are behind us, but it's good to be reminded of what we came out of and through.

Madeleine L'Engle?

Tonight at sunset marks the beginning of Passover 2008. Tonight Jewish families will sit down together for the traditional Passover Seder meal. My family has been having our own Passover Seder for years now. I have found it to be an especially meaningful time, especially to teach my kids about what Jesus Christ did for us as the Passover Lamb, and how He inaugurated the New Covenant at his Passover Seder with His disciples on the eve of his crucifixion. Does anyone else celebrate Passover?

Kafka?

Thanks so much for the sweet wishes. I'm now looking out for that thing that's "unexpected and really neat" today! And the same goes out for you...

Milton?