What happened to your lip?" Ravenna said to him. "It looks sore." Miss Feather's fingers darted to her mouth. "Thank you for your kind concern, Miss Caulfield." His eyes were very dark blue and still rimmed with the longest lashed Ravenna had ever seen on a man. Beauty and virility and confidence and sheer privileged arrogance combined to remarkable effect. No wonder these silly girls stared. "It was bitten," he said. "Oh, dear." Lady Penelope pouted sweetly. "That must have been alarming." "Not terribly. I have been bitten by cats before." The corner of his mouth twitched. "This one," he said, turning his dark, laughing gaze upon Ravenna, "was otherwise charming." -Ravenna, Vitor, & Lady Penelope
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KATHARINE GRAHAM Women are often meeker in meetings and afraid to ask for raises and promotions. I've told countl... KATHARINE WEYMOUTH It took me a while to learn that certain people may have important skills that are not always blazin... KATHARINE GRAHAM My favourite actors are all dead or dying. I just love Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn... KATHARINE ISABELLE My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato s... KATHARINE HEPBURN I have a few girlfriends, but nearly all my friends are guys. I don't think I ever wore girl clo... KATHARINE ISABELLE It feels good to be strong. KATHARINE MCPHEE Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. KATHARINE HEPBURN What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate. KATHARINE HEPBURN I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool. KATHARINE WHITEHORN If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun. KATHARINE HEPBURN To be loved is very demoralizing. KATHARINE HEPBURN I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not in... KATHARINE WHITEHORN A mistake is simply another way of doing things. KATHARINE GRAHAM This happens, and my God, I've never seen a case of hard feelings. I bet this would deepen their fri... KATHARINE ARMSTRONG This all happened pretty quickly. [Whittington] did not announce - which would be protocol - 'Hey, i... KATHARINE ARMSTRONG The first thing that crossed my mind was he had a heart problem. KATHARINE ARMSTRONG The vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. By God, Harry was in the line of... KATHARINE ARMSTRONG It was not the vice president's fault. KATHARINE ARMSTRONG The cardinal rule is you stay on line. KATHARINE ARMSTRONG We had dinner and went to bed. We were all very worried about Harry. That was the main thing on our ... KATHARINE ARMSTRONG The priorities would have remained the same ? first medical care, then law enforcement alert. KATHARINE ARMSTRONG We have absolutely no pen-raised birds on the Armstrong Ranch. It goes to the issue of sportsmanship... KATHARINE ARMSTRONG I said, 'Mommy, this important news. This needs to get out. We ran it by the vice president and he w... KATHARINE ARMSTRONG A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore thr... KATHARINE WHITEHORN Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give... KATHARINE HEPBURN I believe in the total depravity of inanimate things... the elusiveness of soap, the knottiness of s... KATHARINE WALKER To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun? KATHARINE GRAHAM Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley... KATHARINE HEPBURN Without discipline, there's no life at all. KATHARINE HEPBURN Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should just live next door ... KATHARINE HEPBURN The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any. KATHARINE WHITEHORN We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - bu... KATHARINE HEPBURN