"Never tell anyone to be careful, never ask what that noise was, and for the love of God, never, ever say that you'll be right back." â€”Evelyn Baker"

-- Mira Grant

#Noise Quotes #Bakers Quotes #God Love Quotes

“As you become an adult, shame gets introduced and reintroduced constantly to you. So where something that, to a child, just is what it is - you know, your father's violent but he loves you and that's just the way it is - later on you realize that this is like different, shameful, blah blah blah.”

Source : "Justin Torres’ Hard-Knock Debut Novel". Interview with Tim Mcdonnell, www.motherjones.com. October 3, 2011.
“...as your father, my instinct is to protect you ... Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.”
“Arthritic toothless people who love ***** are more likely to reproduce than are limber, toothy people who do not.”
“Home would not be home to me without a lawn, and if there are, as I've recently read, twenty-five million home lawns in the United States, at least fifty million other Americans must agree with me.”
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
“I'm glad that I'm being acclaimed as an actor. Today, when my hard work has paid off I can chill out about it.”
“There are only two ways to be a god: through creation or murder.”
“I always say that one's poetry is a solace to oneself and a nuisance to one's friends.”

Source : Hortense Calisher (2013). “The Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher”, p.629, Open Road Media

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