He said what he meant; he was puzzled if you did not. Some people might have mistaken this for simplicity. But is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?
“lot of times love doesn’t work out. Yet even when it fails, it connects you to others and, in the end, that is all you have, the connections.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“That’s what sisters and girlfriends are all about. Sticking together even in the mud, ’specially in mud.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“Unworthy boys make a lot of noise”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“Hattie pursed her lips. “Personally, I always found a thousand ships a little excessive. And Menelaus and Paris fought over Helen like dogs over a bone; no one asked her what she wanted. Even her obsession with Paris was compelled by a poisoned arrow—what’s romantic about that?”
“Passion,” Annabelle said, “Eros’s arrows are infused with passion.”
“Oh, passion, poison,” Hattie said, “either makes people addle-brained.”
― Bringing Down the Duke
“Passion,” Annabelle said, “Eros’s arrows are infused with passion.”
“Oh, passion, poison,” Hattie said, “either makes people addle-brained.”
― Bringing Down the Duke
“As your mother, I can appreciate that maybe this isn’t your fault, but as the president, all I want is to have the CIA fake your death and ride the dead-kid sympathy into a second term.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
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