Baluarte Quotes

#1. Europeans are forever the offspring of Machiavelli, trapped in a historical rollercoaster that can bring us a monarchy-toppling French Revolution and then a few years later Napoleon Bonaparte as emperor.

Loretta Napoleoni

#2. I just got a ticket to Hogwarts. Might be taking a train ride to a magical place that's much better than here. Don't tell any Muggles, okay? But I want you to know I'll be alright.

Matthew Quick

#3. Start a conversation with someone with whom you have "nothing in common" and no possibility of scoring with, networking with, or even seeing again. In other words, a conversation just for the civilized hell of it.

Perry Brass

#4. And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light.

Gustave Flaubert

#5. I will tell you what Jeanne was like. She was like a piano in a country where everyone has had their hands cut off.

Angela Carter

#6. Love is beautiful. Love is inspiring. But love is also lethal.

Carol Ferris

#7. Sounds good. Drive safe."
He sighed, knowing I really meant, "Take care of my Mercedes.

Jennifer Rardin

#8. Your love capability is something you cultivate within yourself.

Bryant McGill

#9. A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.

David Dixon Porter