58 quotes found
Novelist · American
American novelist
“People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother's house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.”
“My mother was an avid reader...She loved books about romance. Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes...”
“This is one of those times when explaining a feeling cannot measure up to actually having the feeling”
“We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.”
“But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.”
“Romy had never done a budget, Marisol had never designed costumes and sets, and Suzanne had never acted, but when I asked them to help, they didn't hesitate”
“If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.”
“Whever I came into the room, she'd light up, so happy to see me. No one ever in the course of my entire life was ever as happy to see me as she was. Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever ...”
“Ciro carried himself like a general in full regalia, when in fact he wore secondhand clothes from the donation bin.”
“I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.”
“I loved him more than he loved me, and that is a bad place for a woman to be.”
“I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores”
“There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.”
“As a matter of habit, I stop and pick up seashells that interest me, and I always put the ones I really like in a lovely Baccarat bowl in my living room. It's my way of remembering that I once was ...”
“Isn't this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives. We worry only about those we brought into this world, regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood ...”
“Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don't feed the source, it dissipates entirely.Same is true of liking a boy. If you cut off the thoughts, if you stop pinning, you're free to find a boy wh...”
“... but that's the beauty of boarding school. I make all my own decisions, small and medium, while the big ones are left up to the Prefect Academy - and as far as boys go, to the only expert I know...”
“This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap...”
“I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?”
“Really? We are being herded on a bus to drive across town to an all-boy academy where we disembark and join our lonely counterparts on a dance floor. Sounds like a scorecard situation to me.”
