"It's amazing how much time and money can be saved in the world of dating by close attention to detail. A white sock here, a pair of red braces there, a gray slip-on shoe, a swastika, are as often as not all one needs to tell you there's no point in writing down phone numbers and forking out for expensive lunches because it's never going to be a runner."

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Source : Bridget Jones's Diary "January" (1996)

Helen Fielding

#Writing Quotes #Phones Quotes #Shoes Quotes

“Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.”
“Poetry is when you make new things familiar and familiar things new”
“Black people are the most talented people in the world,”
“I'm a little less naive when it comes to relationships.”
“I had no desire to crash a man's world.”
“Whenever I stumble over my own feet, or blurt out a thought that makes no sense at all, or leave the house wearing one pattern too many, I always think, It's okay, I'm from New Jersey. I love New Jersey, because it's not just an all-purpose punch line, but probably a handy legal defense, as in 'Yes, I shot my wife because I thought she was Bigfoot, but I'm from New Jersey.”

Source : Paul Rudnick (2009). “I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey”, Harper
“I don't kill flies but I like to mess with their minds. I hold them above globes. They freak out and yell, 'Whoa, I'm way too high!'”
“There are all kinds of letters and protests that come from, not surprisingly, Japanese fishermen, the fishermen's wives; there are student groups, all different types of people; the protest against the Americans' use of the Pacific for nuclear testing.”

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