Kandy

“No, I do not. I might want a baby but not in a small town. I'm getting too quick to let myself be caught up in the excitement of the moment. A handsome man standing beside me. Adorable children everywhere I look. What woman wouldn't have an attack of Iwannababyitis?”
― Carolyn Brown, To Dream

“You don't have to get out. I know how to let myself in," she said.
"I'll get you at the door and walk you to it when I return you. It's part of my job, woman," he said.
Her temper flared. "Don't you ever call me woman. I'm not backwoods white trash. I have a name and don't you forget it.”
― Carolyn Brown, To Dream

“That man tried to steal my purse!” “You should have just let him have it. You could have gotten hurt.” “He’s the one who got hurt. I have three cans of Vienna sausages in here.” Rose started to ask her friend why she had Vienna sausages in her purse, then shook her head. “Never mind. Let’s go get you some lunch.”
― Jana Deleon, Rose and Helena Save Christmas

“The older one becomes the quicker the present fades into sepia and the past looms up in glorious technicolour”
― Beryl Bainbridge