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“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“The beauty of uncertainty is infinite possibility.”
― Tunde Oyeneyin, Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

“There should be a word for this, the way it feels to steal something that’s already yours.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage

“You draw money. That’s how you got me�� he said charmingly.”
― Yvonna Russell, No Matter What

“This did not make him well liked but Brock wasn’t there to make friends he was going to get the role. Get bent, he shrugged as walked by and checked in with the casting assistant for his appointment time.”
― Yvonna Russell, Snatch

“Just at that moment Mariah Carey's "All I want for Christmas is You" blasts over the store speakers.
The beauty counter saleswoman ask her “Would you like gift wrap?��
Robin Lea sighs “No I'll just take it to go. Thank you��.”
― Yvonna Russell, Backstage Romance Christmas

“Since she was off on Friday she decided to fall back on an old remedy to condition her hair. Glover’s Mane. The sulfur infused product had a stench even after she washed her hair three times. Wow if you really want to have a man come over lick you from lips to toes and ride you like a pony put this stuff in your hair, Leanne thought with exasperation.”
― Yvonna Russell, Unfinished Business

“It’s part of my brand. It encourages my fans to stay focused and the importance of self care�� Reggie said exasperated by these questions.
“The only self care your fans are focused on is keeping a roof over their heads, paying bills, feeding their kids and not getting COVID-19�� he sat on the weight bench and motioned her over.”
― Yvonna Russell, The Last Movie Star

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part

“It is how we choose what we do, and how we approach it, that will determine whether the sum of our days adds up to a formless blur, or to something resembling a work of art.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life

“Real love feels less like a throbbing, pulsing animal begging for its freedom and beating against the inside of my chest and more like, 'Hey, that place you like had fish tacos today and i got you some while i was out', as it sets a bag spotted with grease on the dining room table. It's not a game you don't understand the rules of, or a test you never got the materials to study for. It never leaves you wondering who could possibly be texting at 3 am. Or what you could possibly do to make it come home and stay there. It's fucking boring, dude. I don't walk around mired in uneasiness, waiting for the other shoe to drop. No parsing through spun tales about why it took her so long to come back from the store. No checking her emails or calling her job to make sure she's actually there. No sitting in my car outside her house at dawn, to make sure she's alone when she leaves. This feels safe, and steadfast, and predictable. And secure. It's boring as shit. And it's easily the best thing I've ever felt.”
― Samantha Irby, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

“Ernest Hemingway called Paris a movable feast. I think New York is all you-can banquet.”
― Yvonna Russell, If Looks Could Kill

“I didn't want to leave my dog with Jessy, who seemed miffed at me for having the part she wanted in the murder mystery Weekend. Jessy has only done extra work and bits in films. Girl please, you can't lift my resume.”
― Yvonna Russell, Murder Mystery Weekend

“We hooked up only once and I felt I had communed with my soulmate. I was still a student then she was already in the corps de ballet. A seriously gorgeous woman Lisa was the sexiest woman I have seen in well ever.”
― Yvonna Russell, The Bari Tenor Hunk

“Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.”
― Colleen Hoover, Slammed

“I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Confessions of a Shopaholic

“have been running for so long,�� Muna said. “I just want to enjoy the feeling of standing still.”
― Lola Akinmade Åkerström, In Every Mirror She's Black

“If our daughters don't know how beautiful they are, just as they are, then surely we have failed.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count

“People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote plays about kings, not beggars.”
― Dominick Dunne

“We've all got trashy friends, but we should choose our trashy friends with more care.”
― Dominick Dunne, People Like Us

“A man of leisure, Rupert’s sweet life of polo, yachting, poker parties, lunches, galas, and dinner parties did not include earning one’s way. Just a weekend fling I didn't have a dowry of $45,000,000 in euros.
How Henry James!”
― Yvonna Russell, Vintage Women

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”
― Alfred Tennyson

“..Some of our loves and attachments are elemental and beyond our choosing, and for that very reason they come spiced with pain and regret and need and hollowness and a feeling as close to anger as I will ever be able to imagine. ”
― Colm Tóibín