"Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones"

-- Lisa Kleypas

#Girl Quotes #Eight Quotes #Years Quotes

“A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food.”
“I paint bridges because they're in transition; you're coming or going, you're not anywhere - full of possibility.”
“Many [book] even lay flat in the floor open. Their spines upward. Elinor couldn't bear to look! Didn't the monster know that was the way to break a book's neck?”
“I took a chance, I took a shot And you may think Iâ€™m bullet-proof, but Iâ€™m not. You took a swing, I took it hard. And down here from the ground I see who you are”
“Happy endings always made her cry. It was the relief.”
“So many players play Serena Williams, and so many players may catch her on a bad day, but she finds a way. She finds that extra gear. She makes it interesting, but at the end of the day, she come through in the end.”

Source : "Angelique Kerber Defeats Serena Williams To Win Australian". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. January 30, 2016.
“So many people, so many amateurs like Donald Trump believe that "I don`t recall" is an absolutely fail-safe position and you can`t get caught in perjury.”
“Folks think a lifetime is a thing stretched out over years. It ain't. It can happen quick as a match in a dark room.”

Source : Esi Edugyan (2012). “Half-Blood Blues: A Novel”, p.205, Macmillan

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