Perry Dimaria

“Elizabeth, Beth, Betsy, and Bess, they all went together to find a bird's nest...”
― Shirley Jackson, The Bird's Nest

“Talkativeness and charm are both, as is well-known, characteristics somewhat feminine; and they often add up to guile. Certainly there was a strong streak of the female in Roosevelt, though this is not to disparage his essential masculinity. Confidence in his own charm led him into occasional perilous adventures—almost as a woman may be persuaded with a long series of glittering successes behind her, to think she is irresistible forever and can win anybody's scalp.”
― John Gunther, Roosevelt In Retrospect: A Profile in History

“One day isn’t good enough, Isaac. My patient is in dire need today, right now.”
― Candace L. Talmadge, Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal

“You never fail until you quit trying.”
― Tom Sechrist