Prudence in Hollywood and Other Stories Quotes

“My brain lit up like an arcade pinball machine. Flippers flipped. Lights flashed. Bells rang. I abandoned all rational frontal lobe activity and slid willingly into a pathological puddle of misery disguised as happiness.”
― Ralph Cissne, Prudence in Hollywood and Other Stories

“French woman are often conflicted French film clichés: resonant with foreboding darkness and overthinking, sexual innuendo and class envy. I could see it coming, but have a weakness for accents and short blond hair.”
― Ralph Cissne, Prudence in Hollywood and Other Stories

“I resolved to go clean, to stop worshipping the moon, but the gravitational pull of the sacred feminine will not release me. For the women I have known Mercury, the planet that rules communications, always seemed to be in retrograde.”
― Ralph Cissne, Prudence in Hollywood and Other Stories

“I listened intently as she spoke about Monet’s years at Giverny and the inherent beauty of a world slightly out of focus.”
― Ralph Cissne, Prudence in Hollywood: And Other Stories

“The instincts for love and survival raced along on a collision course where a cruel destiny prevailed with the resolve of logical choices. We abandon the sanctity of our emotional connection. We chose what was right, what was expected.”
― Ralph Cissne, Prudence in Hollywood and Other Stories