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“Ravel said. “And I order people around really well. This morning, Tipstaff came over with a cup of tea and I told him no, I don’t want tea I want coffee. That was great. I really asserted my authority.â€�
“Did he go and get you a coffee?�
“No, he said he’d already made a pot of tea so I took the tea because, you know he’d already made it, but my authority was still firmly asserted.�
Ghastly nodded. “He’ll think twice about making tea again.�
“That he will, Ghastly my friend, that he will. What are we looking for, by the way?
“Seriously? I gave you the file half an hour ago.�
“Yes, you did.�
“And did you read it?�
“No, I did not.”
― Derek Landy, Kingdom of the Wicked

“I also think Valkyire’s ex-boyfriend will come in handy here.â€�
Ravel frowned, “The dead vampire?�
Valkyrie glared at him, “I think he means Fletcher.�
“Oh. Sorry.�
“Caelen was never my boyfriend.�
“I didn’t mean to-�
“We never talk about Caelen,� Ghastly muttered.�
“I’m really sorry, Valkyrie, Ravel said. “Fletcher’s great. He’s wonderful. I’m sure he’d be delighted to help, and having a teleporter here will certainly solve some problems. We’ll arrange that, we’ll get him over to you, start the ball rolling, as it were. Once again, sorry about bringing up the vampire.�
Ghastly shot him a look whispered, “Why do you keep talking about him?�
“I can’t help it,� Ravel whispered back. “Now he’s all I can think about.�
“You realise,â€� Valkyrie said, “that we can hear you both perfectly well.”
― Derek Landy, Kingdom of the Wicked

“Grand Mage,â€� Ghastly said, as he put the map away, “did you know the sparrow flies south for the winter?â€�
“What an odd thing to say,� Ravel said, and as he turned, he snapped his palm against the air and Paloma slammed into the wall.�
â€�..“What do you know,â€� Ravel said, breathing a little faster, “Skulduggery’s silly little code actually works.”
― Derek Landy, Kingdom of the Wicked

“El arte consiste en llegar hasta la últimas consecuencias. Si comienzas con tambores, tienes que acabar con dinamita o TNT.”
― Henry Miller, Trópico de Cancer

“This Ravel guy . . . it’s nice knowing there are composers out there who can put notes together that match the way I feel. If he wrote this after a stroke, then there’s hope for all us broken people. This must be an anthem for rejects. Music like this reminds us we’re not alone, that we can come out on the right side of heartbreak. Maybe that’s why more and more people are gathering around. I bet they’re broken too.”
― Michael Benzehabe, Zonked Out: The Teen Psychologist of San Marcos Who Killed Her Santa Claus and Found the Blue-Black Edge of the Love Universe

“As Lao Tzu wrote ‘to love strongly gives you strength. To be loved strongly gives you courage.â€� So may you both grow stronger and more courageous with each passing year.”
― S.W. Clemens, The Seal Cove Theoretical Society

“But she is . . . a she!â€� Ravel replied. “As are you. The power here is yours to take and hold. Tsabrak has reached the limit of anything he could ever hope for, and still he remains beneath every matron of every house, every high priestess, even. Why would he stay in a society that forever makes of him a lesser class of drow simply because he is a man?â€�

“His power and his luxury come from the order of the matriarchy,� Saribel explained. “To this level only.�

“To this level he might not have achieved without the structures now in place in the city.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Lolth's Warrior