“Because she was solid gold, fourteen-carat, barely burnished despite twenty years of hard molling. But beneath it, I knew, beneath that gold and stardust, she was all grit and sharp teeth gnashing, head twisting, talons out, tearing flesh. She was all open mouth, tunneling into an awful nothing.”
― Megan Abbott, quote from Queenpin
“You have to decide who you are, little girl, she told me once. Once you know that, everyone else will too.”
― Megan Abbott, quote from Queenpin
“If you didn't feel it on your body long after he'd left, was it really worth laying for him? I wanted to feel that.”
― Megan Abbott, quote from Queenpin
“time to put on your miner's hat and headed toward the bright light.”
― Megan Abbott, quote from Queenpin
“Then I thought maybe she did know but didn’t want to look at it. Maybe she did know but there’s all kinds of lies you tell yourself when you want to.”
― Megan Abbott, quote from Queenpin
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“The moon shows the truth of things.”
― Joseph Delaney, quote from Curse of the Bane
“Pray , Mr Tomlinson, be seated. He took his chair over against her. I stood behind hers, that I might give him agreed-upon signals should there be occasions for them.
A thus-A wink of the left eye was to signify, Push that point, captain.
A wink of the right, and a nod was to indicate approbation of what he said.
My forefinger held up, and biting my lip, Get off of that as fast as possible.
A right forward nod, and a frown-Swear to it Captain.
My whole spread hand, To take care not to say too much on that particuliar subject.”
― Samuel Richardson, quote from Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
“Well your mom was right, in a way.
What do you mean?
He DID fall, right? So he wasn’t safe on the stool.
Thanks, Annette. Thanks a lot. That’s exactly what I needed to hear right now. You’re a very inspiring person, you know that?”
― Jordan Sonnenblick, quote from Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
“I guess we're all a bunch of mismatched couples - that actually fit”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Return to Paradise
“I wasn't entirely sure how to reply. Blow me and Screw you both seemed like strong contenders, but the peanut gallery in my head appeared to be favoring castration.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, quote from Trial by Fire
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