“Don't be so tied up trying to do the right thing when the smart thing is so painfully clear.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“My mother raised me to be polite, to be demure. I have long operated under the idea that civility is subservience. But it hasn't gotten me very far, that type of kindness. The world respects people who think they should be running it.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“Not to be indelicate, but are you telling me you’re dying?” “Everyone’s dying, sweetheart. You’re dying, I’m dying, that guy is dying.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“It just goes to show that if you tell a woman her only skill is to be desirable, she will believe you.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“Isn’t that the very definition of power? Watching people kill themselves over something that means nothing to you?”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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