“After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle ----- [expletive deleted by the New York Times], maybe they'll have a second thought - that they can be themselves and win.”
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“She looked down again and I was stymied. I sat. Oh, this was enough to make me love her, because I was right with her, understanding every second and longing to step in. I didn’t even need to know the specific that was troubling her, because to me her halting voice easily stood for the general woe that hangs in the air, even on life’s happiest days.”
― The Pleasure of My Company
― The Pleasure of My Company
“There are few takers for the quiet heart.”
― The Pleasure of My Company
― The Pleasure of My Company
“With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.”
― The Pleasure of My Company
― The Pleasure of My Company
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