"Your thin white face, chÃ©rie; he said, as if he saw it for the first time. Your thin white face, with its promise of debauchery only a connoisseur could detect."

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Angela Carter

#White Quotes #Promise Quotes #Faces Quotes

“The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican.”
“We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value.”
“It is poverty's speech that seeks us out the most. It is older than the oldest speech of Rome. This is the tragic accent of the scene.”
“I just love dealing with people whose idea of sometimes is every thousand years,â€ I said.”
“Trade your secrets and become who you are.”
“The black unemployment rate has to be twice that of the white rate in the US. If the national unemployment rate were 6.8 percent, everyone would be freaking out. We ought to not take too much solace in the 6.8 percent, but ask ourselves what can we do to bring that down to white rates, which are below 4 percent now. Some of that has to do with education, but that's just part of the story. You find that those unemployment differentials persist across every education level. I think it means pushing back on discrimination and helping people who can't find work get into the job market.”
“Spirits...Ghosts...Angels...whichever yo wish to call them - Reader, they do exist. I've seem them all my life, but I've learned to say nothing. And for all you cynics out there, just remember, there is no proof either way. So I choose to believe. In my opinion, it's much the best option.”
“When I go on holiday, I go to places that have animals I'm interested in.”

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