Janice Dickinson · 320 pages
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“I liked the way he handled himself in the kitchen. I like men who cook. Men who cook are generally good lovers.”
“I was in that dark, self-destructive place. I was up one minute, down the next. Soaring and crashing and crashing and soaring; the roller coaster from hell.”
“I am anxious. I am always anxious. I should change my name to Anxiety Dickinson. I am anxious about my little sister. My big sister. My mother. Myself. Life. I am anxious about what to wear, what to eat, what to say, how to breathe.”
“I was in awe of him. I didn't speak; I listened.”
“I was in awe of him. I didn't speak; I listened. He was flawless.”
“needed to be wanted. I couldn’t go on without being wanted. And I couldn’t stop thinking about that little bitch at the restaurant. I used to be that woman, I thought. I used to be the one who turned heads. Now…Christ…I was becoming invisible.”
“it is
forbidden to love where we are not loved”
“There is no way to extend an instantiable class and add a value component while preserving the equals contract, unless you’re willing to forgo the benefits of object-oriented abstraction.”
“There’s no way a person could be born into dysfunction, fighting to survive and helping her family do the same, without some purpose to give it all meaning.”
“You don't deserve to see daisies wither.”
“scary amazing terrifying hot crazy wild awful out-of-control.”
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