Marina Pavlichenko

“There are two things I hate above all else: trying on bathing suits and job hunting.”
― Jennifer Craig, Gone to Pot

“A parent must do two things: teach the child a way to earn a living, and to swim.”
― S.J. Schwaidelson, Lingua Galactica

“You know, I grew up down here, and my mama always took me to church when I was a kid. But the church folk you got down here now - especially the white church folk - they scare the bejesus out of me."
"Why is that?"
"Because they're all nuts, Harry. Every damned one of them.”
― William Heffernan, The Dead Detective

“He is notoriously difficult to understand both because of his strong accent and dialect, and because he has no teeth. Today he told me about a woman whose garden he works in once a week. According to Jock, she is not a very good driver because of her poor vision. "She got carrots in her eyes.”
― Shaun Bythell