Ravenor Books Quotes

#1. Ear in mind that, in general, it is the object of our newspapers rather to create a sensation-to make a point-than to further the cause of truth." Dupin in "The Mystery of Marie Roget

Edgar Allan Poe

#2. Do I get up some days and feel competitive? Sure. Do I get up some days and feel afraid? Of course. But ... I have real moments of joy now, and I know it will continue.

Rene Russo

#3. Every medium by which people communicate can be subject to exploitation by those with illegal intentions. Nevertheless, this is no reason to hand Big Brother the keys to unlock our e-mail diaries, open our ATM records, read our medical records, or translate our international communications.

John Ashcroft

#4. Grant not my prayers, when they are contrary to Thy will, which at all times must be the best. Oh, hear them not;

Hans Christian Andersen

#5. In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.

Elie Wiesel

#6. Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.

Edmund Waller

#7. The truth seems to be that they [teachers of grammar] were victims of a mighty hoax, one of those true belly-rumbling impostures which a workaday world can but seldom afford.

Charlton Laird

#8. You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself!

Charles Lamb

#9. Only a fool loves war," said Calvar, "or a man who has never seen it. The trouble is that the survivors forget about the horrors and remember only the battle lust. They pass on that memory, and other men hunger for it.

David Gemmell

#10. The angel personifies something new arising from the deep unconscious.

Carl Jung

#11. Pretty stupid," I called after his retreating form. "To give up before all possible solutions have been tried.

Maria V. Snyder

#12. Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.

Sharon Olds

#13. I've worked too hard all my life to have my kids control my life.

Steve Schirripa