I wasn't that familiar with silent films. I didn't know, for example, how hugely popular silent films were in the 1920s, how… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
While I was writing the book, I went to see Louise Brooks's most famous film, Pandora's Box, at the Tivoli in Kansas… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
I always found Louise Brooks interesting. She was an icon of the silent - film era, and I knew she'd grown up… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
I know that sometimes when you are really worried about something, it ends up not being nearly as bad as you think it will be, and you get to be relieved that you were just being silly, worrying so much over nothing. But sometimes it is just the opposite. It can happen that whatever you are worried about will be… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share
I don't think I've ever tried on a corset, though a certain bridesmaid's dress did require a torturous bustier that will stay forever burned… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“They were still out on the sidewalk of West Eighty-sixth Street, the taxi pulling way, when Louise put down her travel bag, raised both… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“She wondered when her daughter would realise that for the most part, people weren't that different. Young and old, male or female, pretty much… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them back — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Eileen says what they should really do, if they want to be fair about it, is offer a Bible study class for credit, and… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
Yes, Louise Brooks was beautiful and intelligent, and she could be very funny, but obviously there was a deep insecurity there, a real destructive… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Schopenhauer writes about marriage. He says getting married is like grasping blind into a sack of snakes and hoping to find an eel.” — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“You don't belong here if you are unhappy," she continued. "Your mother makes you hateful, and you make her hateful. It doesn't matter if… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
My mother says that when Mrs. Rowley is mean, which is generally the case, it is really because she is just unhappy, and who… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Men don’t want candy that’s been unwrapped. Maybe for a lark, but not when it comes to marriage. It may still be perfectly clean,… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
