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“never forget a snob is a person utterly lacking in good taste.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“My dear man, a gourmand is a gentleman with the talent and fortitude to continue eating even when he is not hungry.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Go. You are working very hard, Hassan. You deserve some fun. I will take care of Mehtab and your aunt, don’t you worry. The ting about agitated hens, you throw some corn, you cluck over them a bit, and in no time they settle down. So go. I will take care of them. Not to worry.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“When we arrived, the sun was setting, like a mango sorbet dripping over the horizon; the platinum rolls of the Mediterranean produced the soothing sound of waves thudding the cliff rocks below us.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“But women- this I will never understand- they are touched by the oddest things”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“All this sea of humanity reassured me that as alien as i felt, there were always others in the world far odder than I”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Never be afraid of trying something new, Hassan. Very important. It is the spice of life.”
― Richard C. Morais, The Hundred-Foot Journey

“Anyone who says that women do not have influence in men's decisions makes a vast and stupid mistake.”
― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want.”
― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“In our country we call this type of mother love teng ai. My son has told me that in men's writing it is composed of two characters. The first means pain; the second means love. That is a mother's love.”
― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman.”
― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“Anyone who tells you that the Yao people never care for their daughters is lying. We may be worthless. We may be raised for another family. But often we are loved and cherished, despite our natal families' best efforts not to have feelings for us.”
― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“Oh, calamity!”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

“All conflict can be traced back to someone’s feelings getting hurt, don’t you think?”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

“Little kids, little problems. Wait till you’ve got drugs and sex and social media to worry about.”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

“It had never crossed her mind that sending your child to school would be like going back to school yourself.”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

“Nothing and nobody could aggravate you the way your child could aggravate you.”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

“The only woman who deserved a philandering husband was a philandering wife.”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

“Did anyone really know their child? Your child was a little stranger, constantly changing, disappearing and reintroducing himself to you. New personality traits could appear overnight.”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

“Those we love don’t go away, they sit beside us every day.”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

“Stick with the nice boys, Chloe!” said Madeline after a moment. “Like Daddy. Bad boys don’t bring you coffee in bed, I’ll tell you that for free.”
― Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies

“Tonight, darling, we are going to right a lot of wrongs. And we are going to wrong some rights. The first shall be last; the last shall be first; the meek shall do some earth-inheriting. But before we can radically reshape the world, we need to shop.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“My heart is really pounding," I said.
"That's how you know you're having fun," Margo said.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“What about the rest of your life?"
She shrugged. "What about it?"
"Aren't you worried about, like, forever?"
"Forever is composed of nows," she says.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“Her hair is ridiculous," I said.

"I know. That was the only thing I said about her that was true. When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back, you know? I mean, there are highlights. And there are streaks. And then there are skunk stripes.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“Everything's uglier close up," she said.
"Not you," I answered.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“And I don't really have anyone upon whom I want to rain down my wrath," I said, because in truth I didn't. I always felt like you had to be important to have enemies. Example: Historically, Germany has had more enemies than Luxembourg, Margo Roth Spiegelman was Germany. And Great Britain. And the United States. And czarist Russia. Me, I'm Luxembourg. Just sitting around, tending sheep, and yodeling.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“Interesting capitalisation," I said.
"Yeah. I'm a big believer in random capitalisation.The rules of capitalisation are so unfair to words in the middle.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, and so hard for us to show anyone how we feel”
― John Green Paper Towns

“The longer I do my job," he said, "the more I realize that humans lack good mirrors. It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, and so hard for us to show anyone how we feel.”
― John Green, Paper Towns