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"He licked his lips. 'Well, if you want my opinion-''I don't, ' She said. 'I have my own."
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"Talk to strangers politely. You don't how many of them will become your close companions."

"Women love with their ears, men with their eyes."

"We're living in a teetering tower of babble. A shaky reality of words. A DNA soup for disaster. The natural world destroyed, we're left with this cluttered world of language."

"Have more than thou showest Speak less than thou knowest."

"Good news didn't seem real until you'd told at least a dozen friends."

"If you do not tell me, I don't wish to know."

"The new contract between writers and readers is one I'm prepared to sign up to. I've met some fascinating people at events and online. Down with the isolation of writers I say! And long live Twitter."

"Words can express true feelings, true emotions and wisdom. It is up to you to use them wisely... Choose your words carefully and express the peacefully!"

"Be polite in your speeches. Good information rudely communicated will make no positive difference."
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"Naturally all of them had a sad story: too much notice, not enough, or the worst kind. Some tale about dragon daddies and false-hearted men, or mean mamas and friends who did them wrong. Each story has a monster in it who made them tough instead of brave, so they open their legs rather than their hearts where that folded child is tucked."


"The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book."


"There was a hint of spring in her sole green eyes, something summery in her complexion, and a rich autumn ripeness in her walk."


"Can't nobody fly with all that shit. Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down."


"I didn't plan on either children or writing. Once I realized that writing satisfied me in some enormous way, I had to make adjustments. The writing was always marginal in terms of time when the children were small. But it was major in terms of my head. I always thought that women could do a lot of things. All the women I knew did nine or ten things at one time. I always understood that women worked, they went to church, they managed their houses, they managed somebody else's houses, they raised their children, they raised somebody else's children, they taught. I wouldn't say it's not hard, but why wouldn't it be? All important things are hard."


"I know it's trash: just another story made up to scare wicked females and correct unruly children. But it's all I have. I know I need something else. Something better. Like a story that shows how brazen women can take a good man down. I can hum to that."
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