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Jana Oliver
"Simon had been all lined up and he’d managed to throw away the best girl he’d ever meet. “What a dumbass,†Beck muttered. “No way I’d have done that." --
Source : Jana Oliver (2013). “Demon Trappers 1-3: Forsaken, Forbidden, Forgiven”, p.418, Pan Macmillan
Jana Oliver
#Girl Quotes
#Done Quotes
#Dumbasses Quotes
“We think we have to work because the advertising industry has elevated wants into needs. The newspapers and the television batter us incessantly with the latest 'must-haves', whether that's shoes, videogames or patio heaters. As a result, mums think they 'have' to work at Tesco in order to buy expensive trainers.”
“The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.”
“Sometimes people close a door because they’re trying to figure out a way to get you to knock.”
Source : Andrew Pyper (2013). “Lost Girls: A Novel”, p.431, Simon and Schuster
“A masterwork. A particularly American magic realism that touches the heart of race and childhood in our country; it's 100 Years of Solitude for an entire generation of American Baby Boomers, and deserves the widest possible audience.”
“You have an Ice Cream Sundae, put the whipped cream on - that's what managers do.”
“There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never know beyond its hallowed limits.”
“Obedience is the road to freedom, humility the road to pleasure, unity the road to personality.”
“Biology is far from understanding exactly how a single cell develops into a baby, but research suggests that human development can ultimately be explained in terms of biochemistry and molecular biology. Most scientists would make a similar statement about evolution.”