The Original Quotes

“The country is not ready to forgive her for being a whole human”
― Priya Parmar, The Original

“Pictures only work if the audience comes away thinking about themselves, their lives, their choices. If it is not about them, why would the story stay with them when they leave the movie house? Hell, if it doesn’t stay with them, what are we doing?”
― Priya Parmar, The Original: A Novel

“The thing just out of reach is always better, isn’t it? Must be.”
― Priya Parmar, The Original: A Novel

“She wishes she had something to sell besides herself.”
― Priya Parmar, The Original: A Novel

“Laura is afraid. What if it is not that she can only love women. What if she can only love Kate.”
― Priya Parmar, The Original: A Novel

“Success is not about having people like her, it’s about earning a place that cannot be taken away.”
― Priya Parmar, The Original: A Novel

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get—only with what you are expecting to give—which is everything. —Katharine Hepburn”
― Priya Parmar, The Original: A Novel

“The most expensive cuts are always the simplest and never look freshly bought. This is the secret the fashion magazines never give away.”
― Priya Parmar, The Original: A Novel

“Loving women is obvious. Shouldn’t everyone? Women are curved to fit, sexy, cultured, artful, interesting and so much easier than men. Men compete, exhausting. Or worse, don’t compete, dull.”
― Priya Parmar, The Original: A Novel

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― Priya Parmar, The Original: A Novel