"It used to happen in villages and towns in China that they would have - I guess you'd call them beauty contests - where all of the women of a particular village or town would be seated behind these screens or curtains with only their feet showing."

-- Lisa See

#Feet Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Village Quotes

“Preoccupied with her self, the adolescent sees enormous changes, whereas the parent sees the child she knew all along. For the parent, new developments are superficial and evanescent. For the adolescent, they are thrilling and profound.”
“P.P.S. AND YOU CAN TALK. "Just say the word." JUST SAY THE WORD? What kind of expression is that? WHAT WORD WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SAY ANYWAY? MORON? Letter from Emily to Charles.”
“War is an option of difficulties.”
“You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.”
“If virtue accompany it, it is the heart's paradise; if vice associate it, it is the soul's purgatory.”
“Any actor, any playwright who's worked a life in the theater knows how to do things cheaply and quickly. It's just all by necessity. Invention is everything.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.”

Source : "Song: "Justify My Love" (Album: "I'm Going to Tell You a Secret")". 2006.
“I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy.”

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