Statue of Liberty

"On the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor are the following lines of poetry: “Keep your ancient lands, keep your legendary splendor!” She cries out silently, “Give me your tired, poor, fearful people, They want to breathe the air of freedom. Send those who have lost their homes and long endured storms over here, I raise my lamp, Waiting quietly beside this golden gate!” [1]"

"I had a dream the other night. I was a character in the movie *Planet of the Apes,* the original and still the best of the series. I was walking along a river. I wasn’t sure where I was. Crazy stuff was happening all around me. Then I looked up and saw the Statue of Liberty. I knew I was in New York, the center of everything, that place of endless possibilities, where the future really does live in your head and your hands. That image focused me. It motivated me. I knew it was time to take care of business, time to get busy writing this book."