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“My father used to say that all protagonists were versions of the author who wrote them—even if it meant the author had to acknowledge a side of himself that he did not know existed. It just required courage.”
― The Madwoman Upstairs
― The Madwoman Upstairs
“A new adaptation of Jane Eyre came out every year, and every year it was exactly the same. An unknown actress would play Jane, and she was usually prettier than she should have been. A very handsome, very brooding, very 'ooh-la-la' man would play Rochester, and Judi Dench would play everyone else.”
― The Madwoman Upstairs
― The Madwoman Upstairs
“The great reward given to intelligent people is that they can invent all the rules and equate any dissent with stupidity.”
― The Madwoman Upstairs
― The Madwoman Upstairs
“Clothes are like friends and fake plants: invest in the ones that will last.”
― Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It
― Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It
“I tried to compete with my ill-fitting Calvin Klein button-up shirts that I got at Ross and my imitation mini-ish skirts I got from the DEB. If you’re not familiar with DEB, it’s like the trashy stepsister of Forever 21 that takes F21 out for her twenty-first birthday, pumps her full of Jell-O shots, and convinces her to get a bald-eagle tattoo.”
― Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It
― Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It
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