"She'll soon forget." "Caddy," said Saffron impatiently, "she is headmistress of the private school! She's probably never forgotten anything in her whole life!"

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Source : Hilary McKay (2002). “Saffy's Angel”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

Hilary McKay

#School Quotes #Saffron Quotes #Forget Quotes

“A woman's hair net tangled in a man's spectacles on top of the bedroom dresser.”
“I got a flash of ... what it means, now, 'you can't be too rich or too thin.' How well it works, will keep on working, because the vast majority of women will never be thin. Thin enough. How well the hope of class mobility keeps every mother dieting, and handing the diets down to her daughter, hoping the daughter may do even better. When you combine this with the fact that many non-white peoples tend to be heavier than white folks, dieting becomes a tool not only in enforcing class but in encouraging assimilation.”
“We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.”
“I started lying about my age when I was 18 to be older. When I turned 21, I started lying that I was 18. It's a weakness in me.”
“I may boldly speak In right, though proud oppression will not hear me!”
“...you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction to them.”
“Taste cannot be controlled by law.”
“That's what acting is, it's exploring conflict.”

Source : "BYT Interviews: David Koechner". Interview with BYT, brightestyoungthings.com. September 22, 2016.

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