Volscian Quotes

#1. To acquire possession of Latium was of the most decisive importance to Etruria, which was separated by the Latins alone from the Volscian towns that were dependent on it and from its possessions in Campania.

Theodor Mommsen

#2. Nothing in the world tasted as good for breakfast as stolen rolls with some butter and jam and a mug of milky coffee. Nothing tasted better than a venial sin.

Ian Rankin

#3. Simplified spelling is all right, but, like chastity, you can carry it too far.

Mark Twain

#4. My father was, I suppose, a crank. He had a fine, precise mind, which ignored what it was not interested in.

L.P. Hartley

#5. At Ucross I learned that I am capable of focusing deeply for long periods of time. I love to write. I don't think I would have said that before this trip.

Edan Lepucki

#6. How shall not man, whose nature stands bound up with forces vast, innate with strength, reveal his life In mould of holiest cast. His law is action: gates of power stand open in his view; a restless soul, a holy zeal, shall give him entrance through.

Deron Williams

#7. I don't like shopping, and I like my clothes to be comfortable.

Norah Jones

#8. Christmas; you are my shining star in the days of tender growing solicitude.

Kristian Goldmund Aumann

#9. I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject.

Bernice Johnson Reagon