Quotes from authors born in 1821
It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.
Elizabeth Blackwell
This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.
Clara Barton
Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Wilson Mizner 
Chris Elliott 
John Salazar 
Matthew MacFadyen 
Kate Chopin 
Salmon P. Chase 
Daniel Libeskind 
Keira Knightley