"Don't be silly. I'm a mature, intelligent woman. Of course I'm afraid of my mother."

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Source : Jean Kerr (1982). “Lunch hour”, Doubleday

Jean Kerr

#Mother Quotes #Silly Quotes #Intelligent Quotes

“We would be a lot safer if the Government would take its money out of science and put it into astrology and the reading of palms. Only in superstition is there hope. If you want to become a friend of civilization, then become an enemy of the truth and a fanatic for harmless balderdash.”
“Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned.”

Source : Sue Townsend (2012). “The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year”, p.93, Penguin UK
“I think my comedic style is at once bashful and explosive. It's a little bit perverted, and a little bit ladylike and old-fashioned, which is a great mix. Sort of tangy.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents.”
“The mere reality of life would be inconceivably poor without the charm of fancy, which brings in its bosom, no doubt, as many vain fears as idle hopes, but lends much oftener to the illusions it calls up a gay flattering hue than one which inspires terror.”
“I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fair, and they always had a used book sale. For a quarter I bought a book called 'Come On Seabiscuit.' I loved that book. It stayed with me all those years”
“You know, a few months ago, I made a terrible mistake. I realized something, and instead of crushing the thought the moment it came I... I let it hang on, and now I know it to be true. And I'm afraid it's stuck in my head forever. These are the best days of our lives. It's a terrible thing to know, but I know it.”

Source : "Fictional character: The Count". "The Boat That Rocked", www.imdb.com. April 1, 2009.
“Sex hasn't been the same since women started enjoying it.”

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