Helen Argiro > Helen's Quotes

“All literature is gossip”
― Truman Capote

“To a woman, being married means you do not under any circumstances put your penis in another woman’s vagina. It also means no blowjobs, no oral, no anal, no phone sex, no sex of any kind, ever, with anyone other than your wife for as long as you’re married. As soon as you say ‘I do’, it means that where other women are concern ‘I don’t’ is the only correct response. If you play by these rules, you’re safe. If you don’t, we leave. It’s really that simple.”
― Helen Argiro, Tales of Sex & Suburban Lunacy

“In the suburbs lust thrives and flourishes like an epidemic of lawn grubs during a heat wave.”
― Helen Argiro, Tales of Sex & Suburban Lunacy

“Having sex with your neighbour is not a good idea. Not under any circumstances, nothing good will come of it. It’s a cliché. It’s a soap opera. It’s a bad made for TV movie.”
― Helen Argiro, Tales of Sex & Suburban Lunacy

“Notice if you are holding your breath after inhaling, and if so, what are you afraid of letting go. Or are you holding it after exhaling, and what are you afraid of letting in.”
― shilpi somaya gowda, Secret Daughter

“When a guy says he's a 'simple man', what he's really telling you is he's cheap.”
― Helen Argiro, Tales of Sex & Suburban Lunacy

“Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.”
― Emma Donoghue, Room

“You’re in the hallway and it feels scary right now but just keep going. There’s another door, and you’re going to find it. And then the whole world is going to open up to you.”
― Kaylie Jones, Lies My Mother Never Told Me: A Memoir

“Women and our right to choose were going to be challenged with Ashcroft around. When Bush appointed Ashcroft, I went out and got me four abortions. I stocked up. The doctor was like, 'Listen, you're not pregnant.' I said, 'Hey, just shut up and do your job. I'm exercising my right while I can, dammit.”
― Wanda Sykes, Yeah, I Said It

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS

“It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.”
― Lillian Hellman