These Toxic Things Quotes

“starve my distractions and feed my focus”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“My heart is pulverized, and I wanna cry.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“shop owner named Nadia Denham . . . An elegant name that evokes lovers and dances, spiced teas in fragile cups, and secrets, lots of secrets. Old ladies keep the best secrets. And the most horrible ones.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Being human?” She smirks. “Be wary of a man who you don’t want bringing you a cool towel when you’re about to pass out from explosive diarrhea.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“damp and messy ponytail.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“A day without a million vehicles on La Cienega Boulevard in LA is the day the Big One shakes California into the Pacific Ocean or a pandemic sweeps across the globe and forces Angelenos to shelter at home. I’ll shapeshift into an old white lady before that happens.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“I will canoodle with a dumb man, but I won’t snuggle with an asshole.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Researchers say that sketching helps extend the memory. That these throwaway scribblings “reduce the burden we experience” as we’re trying to remember something or solve a problem.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Fresno, California, sits in the center of the San Joaquin Valley in the middle of the state. “Ash tree” in Spanish, Fresno is the closest major city to Yosemite National Park.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“What something is worth isn’t always tied to money.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“EVERY NEW DAY IS A CHANCE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Every sweet hath its sour; every evil its good. —Ralph Waldo Emerson”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Mickie, and watch yourself. Something’s in the water.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“She looks just as I imagined. Scuzzy blonde hair, blemished skin, mean eyes. A walking, sentient yeast infection.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“My throat tightens and keeps me from telling her about the man in the coffee shop and the one at the plaza right now.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Never blink while telling a tale. People will always believe you if you don’t blink.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Henry Ford inviting job candidates to dinner and watching them eat. He never hired the man who salted his food before tasting it.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“my”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“The sycamore trees that surround our house sway as the wind pushes in an oncoming storm now gathering off the coast.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“The child resembled Pippi Longstocking, the heroine of those strange Dutch children’s books.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Aileen Wuornos, Belle Gunness, and . . . A quick search on the internet gives me Juana Barraza, Jane Toppan, and Nannie Doss.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Be wary of a man who you don’t want bringing you a cool towel when you’re about to pass out from explosive diarrhea.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Palm Springs, California. Located in the Sonoran Desert and only a two-hour drive from Los Angeles, Palm Springs boasts the world’s largest rotating tramcars from the desert floor and up one of the steepest mountain ascents in the world. Palm Springs claims to have more swimming pools per capita than anywhere else in the country.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Cantalici”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“The Santa Barbara Plaza, also known as Marlton Square, played a vital role in the Black community. Thriving in the 1940s and 1950s, businesses in this twenty-two-acre shopping center met the needs of thousands of consumers across South Los Angeles. From the Broadway and May Company department stores to Woolworth’s and J.J. Newberry’s, the plaza has transformed from a vibrant shopping hub to a now nearly abandoned plot of land. Last”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Ash tree” in Spanish, Fresno is the closest major city to Yosemite National Park.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

“Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. The answers you need start here. Located across the street from the all-boys Loyola High School, Rosedale is one of the oldest, creepiest cemeteries in Los Angeles, with large tombstones shaped like pyramids and giant Celtic crosses. Famous people are buried beneath those stones—“Hurricane Hank” Armstrong, Hattie McDaniel, Rasputin’s daughter Maria, and Anna May Wong, just to name a few. Old Los Angeles is also buried here. Southern California streets, high schools, and cities have been named after the Slausons, Burbanks, and Fremonts now interred at Rosedale.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things

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― Rachel Howzell Hall, These Toxic Things