Ravenal Quotes & Sayings

I am grateful to God for all the good and bad that has given me, Without reproach the past, without waiting in the future I continue, just living in the moment makes me completely happy! — Ebelsain Villegas

We want to do a lot of stuff; we're not in great shape. We didn't get a good night's sleep. We're a little depressed. Coffee solves all these problems in one delightful little cup. — Jerry Seinfeld

For a moment I was dizzied by the impulse to leave her there: shove the techs' hands away, shout at hovering morgue men to get the hell out. We had taken enough toll on her. All she had left was her death and I wanted to leave her that, that at least. I wanted to wrap her up in soft blankets, stroke back her clotted hair, pull up a duvet of falling leaves and little animals' rustles. Leave her to sleep, sliding away forever down her secret underground river, while breathing seasons spun dandelion seeds and moon phases and snowflakes above her head. She had tried so hard to live. — Tana French

When someone does something wrong, don't forget all of the things they did right. — Me

Philosophically speaking, values are the termini of our intentions. We never fully achieve them. — Gordon W. Allport

And in the stillness of the room you heard the roar and howl and crash of the great river whose flood had caught them land shaken them and brought Magnolia Ravenal to bed ahead of her time. — Edna Ferber

The water temperature finally rose, so I stepped in, and he followed me. It shouldn't have surprised me that our primary focus wasn't on getting cleaned up. We let the water run over us, and there was some soap involved, but mostly, we just lazily made out while we ran soap-slick hands over each other's bodies. I was too exhausted to get turned on, and he probably was too, but this? This was absolute heaven. Wet, slippery skin against wet, slippery skin, our mouths moving together like we planned to do this all night - it didn't get any better than this. — L.A. Witt

Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse. — Edna Ferber

We journalists don't have to step on roaches. All we have to do is turn on the kitchen light and watch the critters scutter. — P. J. O'Rourke

We are also creatures of romance. Books love to portray us as the mysterious visitor in the night that you invite into your bedroom and then your bed. — Isabelle Rowan

My attitude of love must not be sacrificed on the altar of activity. — Lysa TerKeurst

Everyone has access to a pen and paper, but to be a great writer is difficult. — Pamela Yates

You wouldn't believe how hard it was, keeping my eyes on his face. The struggle was real. — Kylie Scott

I think abortion is something that, as a personal matter, I would advise somebody against. — Rudy Giuliani

Jung was absolutely right about one thing. We are occupied by gods. The mistake is to identify with the god occupying you. — Michael Ondaatje

If you had an equation detailing the probability of something emerging from a vacuum, you would still have to ask why that equation applies. Hawking had, in fact, noted the need for a creative factor to breathe fire into the equations. — Antony Flew

A large brain, like large government, may not be able to do simple things in a simple way. — Donald O. Hebb