"Girls have to be toughened so they can survive a world that presses harder on women."

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Source : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (2014). “Oleander Girl: A Novel”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

#Girl Quotes #World Quotes #Harder Quotes

“All works of nature created by God in heaven and on earth are works of sculpture.”

Source : "Vita di Benvenuto Cellini" by G. P. Carpani, vol. 3, p. 199, 1821.
“I look at the artistic process as like experiencing the world, channeling it through your personality and sending it back out there. That's the process.”

Source : "Once-stricken saxman: Music 'gave me my life'". Interview with Shanon Cook, www.cnn.com. August 15, 2008.
“It didn't happen every time for every movie. Ruthless People was a good movie, but we didn't get a good release or marketing. They completely blew the opening.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The promise of every product and service is a better life. Profits are the prize for delivering on the promise.”
“If I could find a real life place to make me feel like Tiffany's, then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name.”
“I should say upfront that I have never been in a cellar in my life. In fact, I can see no reason why anyone should ever go into a cellar unless there is wine involved.”
“At last an authentic voice from Saudi Arabia. Al-Mohaimeed has written a remarkable, rhythmic, genuine novel. Wolves of the Crescent Moon throbs with sensuality and moral courage, as if it didn't take place in a society that denies the tick of the heart.”
“Just like unrestrained economic liberalism, and for similar reasons, sexual liberalism produces phenomena ofÂ absolute pauperization. Some men make love every day; others five or six times in their life, or never. Some make love with dozens of women, others with none. Itâ€™s whatâ€™s known as â€˜the law of the marketâ€™â€¦ In a totally liberal sexual system certain people have a varied and exciting erotic life; others are reduced to masturbation and solitude.”

Source : Michel Houellebecq (2011). “Whatever: A Novel”, p.99, Profile Books

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