"She might not be as strong as everyone she met, or as fast, or even as smart. But she could bullshit with the best of them. Combine that with a license to carry, and a girl could more than get by in this life."

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Source : "By a Spider's Thread". Book by Laura Lippman, 2004.

Laura Lippman

#Girl Quotes #Strong Quotes #Smart Quotes

“Travel breaks down a kind of inner structure we have. Stripped of our props, deprived of our masks, we are completely on the surface of ourselves.”
“In my work theres always been a duality between sticking to reality and trying to stage things.”
“Don't Latin Americans have the right to ask why their elected governments are being opposed and coup leaders supported? Poverty and hardship in large parts of Africa are preventing this from happening. Don't they have the right to ask why their enormous wealth - including minerals - is being looted, despite the fact that they need it more than others?”

Source : Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to George W. Bush, www.washingtonpost.com. May 9, 2006.
“When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while - when I started singing like Ray Charles, it had this spiritual and churchy, this religious or gospel sound. It had this holiness and preachy tone to it. It was very controversial. I got a lot of criticism for it.”
“Octoberâ€” You were sleeping so peacefully that I was loath to wake you. Duke Torquill, after demanding to know what I was doing in your apartment, has requested that I inform you of his intent to visit after â€˜tending to some business at the Queenâ€™s Court.â€™ I recommend wearing something clinging, as that may distract him from whatever he wishes to lecture you about this time. Hopefully, itâ€™s your manners. You are truly endearing when you sleep. I attribute this to the exotic nature of seeing you in a state of silence. â€”Tybalt”
“What defines someone's music taste is their teens and early 20s. It's that combination of your sexual awakening and the music of the time, it fixes you forever.”
“I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once and cannot add up the sum.”
“I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.”

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