Men
And Women Quotes - When I was a girl, I dreamed. When I became a woman, I woke
up.
“I
fix my face into a tight, plastic smile so my resting expression can't be
misread as unfriendly -- or, even worse, aggressive.”
―
Elise Bryant, It's Elementary
“Never
trust men who fatten their bellies off other people's pain. And never, ever,
believe any man knows what's best for you. Even if they come from a place of
love. [a pause] Especially when they come from a place of love.”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“...a
spacecraft is passing and some human is up there hefting a lift-bar with her
legs, willing her muscles not to give in to the seduction of weightlessness,
nor her bones to birdness. Else that poor spacefarer will be in all kinds of
trouble when she lands back on earth where legs, once more, are very much a
thing. Without that hefting and sweating and pressing she would survive the
blazing heat and tumble of her re-entry only to be pulled from her capsule and
fold like a paper crane.”
―
Samantha Harvey, Orbital
“Trust
in yourself. You are descended from warriors. The men in our family foolishly
believe that distinction belongs to them, but it is the women, going back
generations, who have made the bravest decisions and fought the toughest
battles.”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“There
are good men, amazing men, exceptional males out there, but too many..
They
seek to erase us from existence. To force us to disappear within our
communities. To make us become invisible to even ourselves.
Never
let them win.
Your
voice has value. Your heart sings. Your mind glows. Your strength beckons.”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“What's
going on with you? You're moping more than you did when Latrice Royale got
kicked off Drag Race.”
―
Zoe B. Wallbrook, History Lessons
“Some
Wall Street bro in a slim suit was trying to talk up Elise, making the kind of
googly eyes that would have sent even Cupid running for a trash can to vomit
in...”
―
Zoe B. Wallbrook, History Lessons
“His
long limbs propelled his body in Daphne's direction and she willed her knees
not to buckle like a fainting Victorian heiress....
His
smile almost took her out. Daphne tried to remember how humans breathed air --
inhale, exhale.”
―
Zoe B. Wallbrook, History Lessons
“...Daphne
willed herself to take a few steady breaths like a normal human. But he smelled
nice and his skin looked soft and clear and he sat so comfortably at this seat
in front of his computer as if he really was built to conduct archival queries
online. Would it be weird if she told him he was a naturally good sitter?
Oh
God, Daphne, what kind of a thought even is that?”
―
Zoe B. Wallbrook, History Lessons
“I
wrinkle my nose, because I know already there's no such thing as boring texts.
There are only wonderful and more wonderful novels to read.”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“When
I was a girl, I dreamed.When I became a woman, I woke up.”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“To
accompany the tea is a dizzying array of nuts, dried fruits, crunchy chickpeas,
and bright candies, all placed elegantly around a magnificent centerpiece of
fresh whole fruit....She's very serious about this eating business, especially
as there are just the two of us present, and she's laid out enough snacks to
feed an entire elementary school.”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“Some
people might find my lifestyle concerning. What kind of idiot dedicates herself
to finding people she's never met in cities she's never frequented at the
behest of complete strangers she'll never see again?”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“Dalton
hold Lenora back from trying to scribble with a crayon on Cecil....
With
infinite patience, Dalton explains over and over that you should only draw on
paper, not on babies; Lenora tried to draw on her father instead.”
―
Jackie Lau, Time Loops & Meet Cutes
“I
haven’t really figured her out yet.”
“Has
any man ever really figured out a woman?” Sair asked. Her tone was flat,
factual. Not teasing at all. Thadred was a little relieved by that.
“Fair
enough,” he admitted.”
―
Elisabeth Wheatley, Daindreth's Outlaw
“The
short version is that nobody told us...that it is words to try and fail than to
not try at all. Because when you don't try, you can always imagine the life you
could have lived.”
―
Emma Pattee, Tilt
“The
problem with so many years spent sitting so close to somebody is that you can
tell yourself you're being seen, but really you've disappeared, closed the
blinds, nobody's home.”
―
Emma Pattee, Tilt
“...there's
nothing a woman hates more than walking by herself, and hearing a strange
noise, or feeling the presence of an "other," that horrible sickness
all over my body, ground shifting, women are so unsafe, all of us always
pretending to be safe, always avoiding any reminder that our safety is upheld
only as long as the person closest to us keeps deciding not to kill us.”
―
Emma Pattee, Tilt
“You're afraid." I utter it as a
statement.
"Yes."
I
study Staci a beat longer, as I fully take in her expression: "Are you
afraid for her, or are you afraid of her?"
"Exactly."
I
bow my head in defeat.”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“Another
exchanged look. At this point, I want to reach across the desk and knock their
heads together. Daryl seems to sense my agitation. He places a large hand on my
shoulder. When the big bruiser ex-con becomes the calming influence, you're
definitely in trouble.”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“...Even
more interesting, the camp children have taken to following him around, led by
Omid, who basks in Isaad's shadow. Isaad shows a surprising tolerance for his
growing brood, even teaching basic arithmetic in the afternoon, using a stick
to scratch equations in the dirt. Soon the whole place becomes accustomed to a
glowering older man with his trailing pack of ducklings striding about camp on
what always appears to be very important business.”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“I
stare at him.
"My
good sister, you should not be walking alone."
I
stare and stare and stare. Does he not know every woman in the world is alone,
has always been alone, will always be alone. Does he not know, we expect it to
be no other way?”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“In
the past, I've worried about my job's toll on me. I don't know how to
compartmentalize; I don't have a trained detective's battle-hardened worldview.
From the very beginning, I gravitated toward mission persons because I know I'm
not cut out for murder and mayhem. Yet lately, too many of my cases have turned
bloody, and I have the nightmares to prove it.”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“I
open a fresh drawer, discover whisks of every conceivable size. I know you're
not supposed to bring a knife to a gun fight, but what about a whisk to a knife
fight? My entire head hurts. From major concussion to this. I might black out
after all.”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“I
want to share her bravado. Mostly I feel eviscerated. Generally my searches end
in identifying the dead. Only two have resulted in finding the living. But
this, discovering the living to watch her die...”
―
Lisa Gardner, Kiss Her Goodbye
“So
many times I've gotten a run in my hose just as I'm running out the door --
late! They've sent monkeys to the moon, why can't they invent panty hose that
don't run?”
―
RuPaul, Lettin it All Hang Out: An Autobiography
“I
do not exaggerate when I say that I never went to one class while I was there.
Annette Benning was going there too, and I suppose had I gone to class I might
have met her, married her, and she'd be having my babies instead of Warren's!”
―
RuPaul, Lettin it All Hang Out: An Autobiography
“Some
of the most unforgettable women in the world are men, like Billy Beyond, who
walks in all the Todd Oldham shows, Connie Girl for Thierry Mugler, and
Lypinska for Gaultier. The point is that drag is pure glamor too.”
―
RuPaul, Lettin it All Hang Out: An Autobiography
“We
learn about how to enslave the soul and how to enslave our brothers, by buying
and selling things, buying and selling each other. But we can only go to the
moon so many times, we can only do so much and buy so much. My sisters would
tell me when I was growing up that in the future every body in our society was
going to have eight pair of shoes. The idea was the that The People In Charge
are going to make it better for the other people....I realized this wasn't
going to happen. The Fat Controllers are only making it better for themselves.
If they have their own way they will have eight million pairs of shoes, and
everyone else will have to go without.”
―
RuPaul, Lettin it All Hang Out: An Autobiography
“I
fix my face into a tight, plastic smile so my resting expression can't be
misread as unfriendly -- or, even worse, aggressive.”
―
Elise Bryant, It's Elementary
