Ravella Quotes

#1. In the town of Ravella, where I have a house, when the Supreme Court said that an act of sodomy, as they describe it, could not be committed between a man and his wife, the entire square burst into laughter.

Gore Vidal

#2. Ifemelu thought about the expression "sweet girl." Sweet girl meant that, for a long time, Don had molded Ranyinudo into a malleable shape, or that she had allowed him to think he had.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#3. He may well be my nemesis. And my antithesis! How about that?

Laura Buzo

#4. I know more English than Spanish, but I'm always a little embarrassed.

Romain Duris

#5. I finally understand for a woman it ain't easy trying to raise a man.

Tupac Shakur

#6. We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely ... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.

George Sheehan

#7. All that I am
my mother made me.

John Quincy Adams

#8. Everyone still sees the smiling Laura Palmer. The girl with perfect grades and perfect hair and perfect little fingers that want to sometimes, late at night, go into the mirror to strangle the daydreaming troublemaker I see in the reflection!

Jennifer Lynch

#9. I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.

Ann Brashares

#10. If you are going to use military force, then you ought to use overwhelming military force. Use too much and deliberately use too much; you'll save lives, not only your own, but the enemy's too.

Curtis LeMay

#11. My mind is in the gutter so often, I have an assigned parking spot.

Duncan Spencer

#12. Great music is better than it can be performed.

Artur Schnabel

#13. Everything takes longer and costs more.

Jerry Pournelle