Hidden in wonder and snow, or sudden with summer, This land stares at the sun in a huge silence Endlessly repeating something we cannot hear. Inarticulate, arctic, Not written on by history, emptyas paper, It leans away from the world with songs in its lakes Older than love, and lost in the miles. 722

-Scott, F(rancis) R(eginald)
  Of Canada.'Laurentian Shield'.

I'm lying in bed counting sheep when all of a sudden it hits me†a character like Samson, Hercules and all the strong men I heard tell of rolled into one.Only more so.

-Siegel,Jerome
Recalling the inspiration behind Superman, created1938. Quoted in Time,14 Mar1988.