“He dropped his pants and went at it looking like Winnie-the-Pooh in his red polo shirt.”
― Jodie Beau, quote from The Good Life
“The Summer of Jake and Roxie – it was the best summer of my life.”
― Jodie Beau, quote from The Good Life
“You know you know you have a great friend when you can go months or even years without speaking and as soon as you see each other again it's like no time has passed at all?”
― Jodie Beau, quote from The Good Life
“Nobody wants to sit in a theatre and watch petty arguing and boring sex scenes (ahem, Jason Segal and Emily Blunt).”
― Jodie Beau, quote from The Good Life
“Writing things down with a pen is a lot faster and more therapeutic than trying to type something on a tiny touchscreen keyboard.”
― Jodie Beau, quote from The Good Life
“I was sitting on the toilet when he told me he wanted a divorce.”
― Jodie Beau, quote from The Good Life
“I do have a Blackberry, isn't that enough?”
― Jodie Beau, quote from The Good Life
“Mission: Back in the New York Groove had begun!”
― Jodie Beau, quote from The Good Life
“You have to judge people by the bulk of the evidence they present: the burden of the proof they offer by way of explanation. If they say, ‘Of course I oppose burning women/the “enormities” of communism/ Saddam Hussein/ Guantánamo Bay’, and then spend the rest of their time in passionate polemics against feminists, democracy, the American invasion of Iraq or the gullibility of critics of the US administration, you can reasonably doubt the strength of their opposition and convict them of rhetorical throat clearing.”
― quote from What's Left?
“Always" is a good word to believe in.”
― Susan Abulhawa, quote from Mornings in Jenin
“There is
no such thing as a problem
without a gift for you
in its hands.
You seek problems
because you need
their gifts.”
― Richard Bach, quote from Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul
“I think on the journey to finding the love we crave, the love we truly deserve, the first stop has to be the love we have for ourselves. That’s a love that can never be lost and can only grow and get stronger the more it is fostered and developed.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Nash
“Without even realising or trying, you got me.”
― Gabrielle Tozer, quote from The Intern
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