Quotes from authors born on May 5th
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
Nellie Bly
My best kiss was on stage. Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child gave me a really nice soft kiss on my lips during a performance on my birthday. It was amazing.
Chris Brown
Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward.
Soren Kierkegaard
It is only after one is in trouble that one realizes how little sympathy and kindness there are in the world.
Nellie Bly
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.
Karl Marx
Harry Belafonte 
Cole Porter 
William Henry Moody 
Joe Henderson 
Claire McCaskill 
Emily Watson 
Billy Barty 
Robert Lanza