My mother began to buy on credit. My father had always been very strongly against credit. “Credit is the first step into debt and back into slavery,”
“Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave”
― Dusk and Other Stories
― Dusk and Other Stories
“No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman.”
― The Woman in White
― The Woman in White
“Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady”
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“There is no hospitality like understanding.”
― Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel
― Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel
“Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love…but don’t put your life on hold waiting for love.”
― The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
― The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
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