“Agnes: Aw. My caterpillar never turned into a butterfly. Edith: That's a Cheeto. Agnes: Oh. [eats it”

“...we live this one brief and precious hour called Life; ...it is not in keeping with the nobility of existence to keep other human being in subjection..."-Agnes Smedley in Daughter of Earth”

“I have no country...my countrymen are the men and women who work against oppression- it does not matter where they are. With them I feel at home- we understand each other. Others are foreign to me." -Agnes Smedley in Daughter of Earth”

“..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton”

“We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh. ”

“Agnes was the worst prophet that's ever existed. Because she was always right. That's why the book never sold.”

“The American classicist Edith Hamilton once described the great works of literature, "the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built through the ages.”