“Don't you sometimes feel bewildered when you think of the millions of things that put life together?' ... 'I;m not bewildered. I'm filled with the deepest awe and wonder. The miracle is that in its complexity it all works.”
― The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
― The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
“I can feel like a hag some days if I want! And I can tell everybody how insecure I am if I want! Or I can be pretty and pretend to think I'm a hag out of fake modesty –- I can do that if I want, too. Because you, Livingston, are not the boss of me and what kind of girl I become.”
― The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
― The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
“Pax amor et lepos in iocando. Latin for Peace, love and sense of fun.”
― The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
― The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
“Whatever man imagines is possible”
― The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
― The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
“Fine watches, I’d been told, were like rich people themselves: You could barely discern them working.”
― The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
― The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
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