Roever 1956 Quotes

#1. Bowing, ceremonious, formal compliments, stiff civilities, will never be politeness; that must be easy, natural, unstudied; and what will give this but a mind benevolent and attentive to exert that amiable disposition in trifles to all you converse and live with?

William Pitt, 1st Earl Of Chatham

#2. I loved 'Dungeons & Dragons.' Actually, not so much the actual playing as the creation of characters and the opportunity to roll twenty-sided dice. I loved those pouches of dice Dungeon Masters would trundle around, loved choosing what I was going to be: warrior, wizard, dwarf, thief.

Michael Ian Black

#3. Poetry had always seemed something I could turn to in need - an emergency exit, a lifebuoy, as well as a justification.

John Fowles

#4. It's intrusive for grandparents to think they're in charge. It's manipulative. Also, it's self-destructive, since if the parents have to resist you, you won't get your mitts on the kid as often.

Anne Lamott

#5. People should be allowed to do whatever they wish.' 'Then there will be chaos,' shouted Daksha. 'Your stupidity is even more apparent than your immoral values!

Amish Tripathi

#6. The whole thing's illusion, [Jacob], and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what people want from us. It's what they expect.

Sara Gruen