"I didn't have time to lose it. I didn't have time to lie down in the corner shop and scream and beat the floor until my hands bled. I didn't have time to miss Jack. Stroma kept on chattering away and getting excited over novelty spaghetti shapes and finding the joy in every little thing, and it occurred to me even then that she was probably looking after me, too."

-- Jenny Valentine

#Lying Quotes #Hands Quotes #Joy Quotes

“Streets teemed with hell's wretched souls. New dead with their gadgets and old dead from antiquity. Demons roamed the avenues and alleyways, tormenting hapless damned at random with branding irons, flaming pitchforks, and razor-wire whips. -From the story Remember, Remember, Hell in November, in the anthology, Lawyers in Hell.”
“I have become so great as I am because I have won men's hearts by gentleness and kindliness.”
“I can’t imagine what it would be like to have sex with a man. To be so intimate with another person. Not to hide anything. I don’t know if I could do that. It would have to be a boy anyway, not a grown man, someone as scared as me.”

Source : Rachel Klein (2012). “The Moth Diaries”, Faber & Faber
“If you can't live without me, why aren't you dead already?”

Source : Cynthia Heimel (2002). “If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?!”, Grove Press
“Sharks are like dogs. They only bite when you touch their private parts.”

Source : "Fictional character: Ula". "50 First Dates", www.imdb.com. 2004.
“I'm not patient, and some things drive me crazy. In my work, I get incredibly upset when people don't get it right or don't respect others' needs.”
“Act your age don't pretend to be older than you are give yourself time to grow”
“Rocket ships are exciting but so are roses on a birthday.”

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