"it never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls."

-- Muriel Spark

#Girl Quotes #Men Quotes #Want Quotes

“Love and magic are like oil and water--they just don't mix.”
“Art criticism, I would say, is about the most ungrateful form of 'elevated' writing I know of. It may also be one of the most challenging.. if only because so few people have done it well enough to be remembered.. but I'm not sure the challenge is worth it.”
“Feminism has led the way in demystifying personal relations, forcefully insisting they are political to the core.”
“When Ava Gardner get in a taxi, the driver knows at once sheâ€™s Ava Gardner. Itâ€™s the same for Lana Turner or Elizabeth Taylor, but not for me. Iâ€™m never Grace Kelly, Iâ€™m always someone who looks like Grace Kelly.”
“Oh my God. I thought I was going to have an aneurysm right there in line. Your hair smells really good? Your hair smells really good? Who did he think he was? James Bond? You don't tell someone their hair smells good. Not in a mall.”
“Whiteness is the color of death, you know, not black. Wetness is life, the breeder and shaper of life. In the beginning the sun was black. So all light was absorbed before it had a chance to return. And our dreams, then, were empty.”
“My shadow serves as the friend I crave”
“It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine.”

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