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“Don't gobblefunk around with words.”
― The BFG
― The BFG
“Don't underestimate your worth by comparing yourself with others.”
― The Prince and the Pauper
― The Prince and the Pauper
“He tried sometimes to see in her some extraordinary hidden gift, some thing of great beauty, the pearl that would make her attractive to a man. But if there was a pearl, it lay deeply and irretrievably buried. Where she was not unsightly, she was merely ordinary. Her voice didn’t dazzle, she had no great brains, she cooked but with no particular interest or talent for it, she couldn’t dance and didn’t want to (a wise choice—when Arnie imagined Iris throwing her concentrated weight around a dance floor, his stomach went acidy). Her hair didn’t shine, her feet were not small, the clothes she wore didn’t enhance her qualities, because she had few qualities to enhance. She could be funny at times, and kind at times, but not overwhelmingly, not to a degree that might cause a guy to give her a second look. The best Arnie could come up with for Iris’s main selling point was that she did what she was supposed to do. Which wasn’t so bad really, in a world where you couldn’t depend on anybody. Iris showed up for work on time, she bathed regularly with sensible soap, and she paid her bills. Arnie doubted there was anyone out there staying up nights fantasizing about a woman like that.”
― The Man in the Window
― The Man in the Window
“What depresses you most?” I ask. “Tedium. Tedium is far more dangerous than shock. I see no point to words that cower in safety.” “Fug safety,” I say.”
― Drinking with Dead Women Writers
― Drinking with Dead Women Writers
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