“I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
“Mind your business" had been the motto of her childhood. But now that seemed like a failing in a friend.”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
“And then what do I do?” Joyce asked, her voice suddenly pinched.”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
“I need a bathroom. And there are way too many people around here for us to”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
“with breast cancer.” Father Sherry’s hand was resting on the statue’s shoulder. “Theresa was”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
“Could she be a friend to the writer of a bad book?”
― Anita Diamant, quote from Good Harbor
Anita Diamant
Born place: New York City, The United States
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“You've used up all your school sick days," he said, persuing my file. "You've requested to leave school one hundred and thirty days out of the one hudred and forty days of school so far."
So thirty-one might be the magic number?"
Principal Reed and Raven”
― Ellen Schreiber, quote from Vampireville
“Nothing that actually occurs is of the smallest importance.”
― Oscar Wilde, quote from Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
“It’s an unfortunate fact of life,” Niko said with grimly amused resignation. “Where there are graveyards, there are flesh-eating revenants. Where there are cars, there are car salesmen.”
― Rob Thurman, quote from Nightlife
“I had thought about Alban for a while. “Why,” I had then asked, “if your god can pull out a man’s eyes, didn’t he just save Alban’s life?” “Because God chose not to, of course!” Beocca had answered sniffily, which is just the kind of answer you always get when you ask a Christian priest to explain another inexplicable act of their god.”
― Bernard Cornwell, quote from Sword Song
“Uhtred of Steapa - He might be dumb as a parsnip but he knows how to fight.”
― Bernard Cornwell, quote from The Burning Land
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