Overlay Quotes

“I don’t tell my mother what happened the night before. I’m too embarrassed to tell her that I allowed that fat nasty man to stick his tongue in my mouth. A small part of me is afraid to tell her the truth. What if she doesn’t do anything with the information? She isn’t protecting me from Billy Dean so why would I think she would call the police on Big Ray? It’s easier to remain quiet and optimistic and think that if I had told her then maybe she would have become enraged and driven to his house and cracked him over the head with that blaring television set. Although I can’t imagine my mother capable of that level of passion, part”
― Marlayna Glynn Brown, Overlay - A Tale of One Girl's Life in 1970s Las Vegas

“Life could be lived with no skill.”
― Marlayna Glynn Brown, Overlay - A Tale of One Girl's Life in 1970s Las Vegas

“the city as well, and appear to be similarly”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, As All Hell

“I get busy and bury my thoughts in the movement of my hands. There is a saying I have grown to love and respect. It makes sense if you subscribe to the thought that the world, universe, God – however you choose to believe – always works in your best interest and for your highest good. We do not always see our highest good, and this can mean that the world, universe, God has to step in at times and make something happen. This can look like a step you were afraid to take. It can mean forcing you into action you would have perhaps never taken.”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, As All Hell

“If I don't learn how to move from a place where I am constantly putting out fires, I will never learn how to plant and grow a forest.”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, As All Hell

“My mother, my father, and the rest of the world have done the best they can with what they have had. To sit in judgment of another is a folly most of us can't afford to indulge.”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, As All Hell

“The Time To Kill A Snake Is When He Raises His Head." - Be decisive in your actions. When a problem arises, attend to it.”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, As All Hell

“You Can Like It Or Lump It.” - A person’s face will often look ‘lumpy’ after crying. So “to lump it” is to sulk or look sulky.”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, As All Hell

“Throwin' Your Rope Before You Make A Loop Ain't Gonna Catch The Cow." - Be prepared before you act.”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, As All Hell

“A Diarrhea Of Words And A Constipation Of Thoughts." - Meaningless conversation.”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, As All Hell

“Another issue is my pattern in romantic relationships. I'm not the first woman in the world to model her preference in men after her father.  On the good side, this means I prefer men who are dark-haired, healthy, athletic and engaging. On the dark side, it means I prefer men who cannot or will not attach, and who are distant, critical and tend to be unloving.”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, As All Hell

“Some Folks Are All Right Until They Get Two Pairs Of Britches." - Prosperity often affects people adversely.”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, As All Hell

“am developing a theory that people will do as much as you allow them to do to you. In this way of analyzing behavior, it is only you and your enforcement of your own boundaries that determine how you allow yourself to be treated.”
― Glynn Brown, Marlayna, As All Hell