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title: "1 Hear Used Quotes By Kaye Gibbons"
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> [“A woman's name will always suffice, but if you'll keep your ears open in a room with men and women, you'll hear it's the call used least often.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/a-woman-s-name-will-always-suffice-but-if-you-ll-keep-your-ears-open/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/kaye-gibbons-24209_men-and-women_a-woman-s-name-will-always-suffice-but-i_1831427.jpg)

## More by Kaye Gibbons

> [“Oh, it's no crime to want and need somebody to love and to be loved by and to go and do what you need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/oh-it-s-no-crime-to-want-and-need-somebody-to-love-and-to-be-loved-by/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [Mothers smell blood before the wound is given. We see the rent place on the child's arm before the arrow strikes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/mothers-smell-blood-before-the-wound-is-given-we-see-the-rent-place/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [You’ll find your one-in-a-million. But you’re sharp enough to know there’s no point in sludging through the first nine hundred, ninety-nine thousand, and ninety-nine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/you-ll-find-your-one-in-a-million-but-you-re-sharp-enough-to-know/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [It took me a long time to learn that mistakes aren't good or bad, they're just mistakes, and you clean them up and go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/it-took-me-a-long-time-to-learn-that-mistakes-aren-t-good-or-bad-they/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/when-i-was-little-i-would-think-of-ways-to-kill-my-daddy/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [“I've read two books a week for 30 years…I'm satisfied I know everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/i-ve-read-two-books-a-week-for-30-years-i-m-satisfied-i-know/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [I could lay here and read all night. I am not able to fall asleep without reading. You have the time when your brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/i-could-lay-here-and-read-all-night-i-am-not-able-to-fall-asleep/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [“You can rest with me until somebody comes to get you. We will not say anything. We can rest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/you-can-rest-with-me-until-somebody-comes-to-get-you-we-will-not-say/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [I am a great believer in variations on the routine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/i-am-a-great-believer-in-variations-on-the-routine/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [You see if you tell yourself the same tale over and over again enough times then the tellings become separate stories and you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/you-see-if-you-tell-yourself-the-same-tale-over-and-over-again-enough/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [“The man in her dream would ride up and surprise her on his horse…saying her beauty pierced such a great place in his heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/the-man-in-her-dream-would-ride-up-and-surprise-her-on-his-horse/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [The fact that he had foamed at the mouth immediately upon dying, indicated that he had a great back jam of wishes and desires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/the-fact-that-he-had-foamed-at-the-mouth-immediately-upon-dying/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [“A woman's name will always suffice, but if you'll keep your ears open in a room with men and women, you'll hear it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/a-woman-s-name-will-always-suffice-but-if-you-ll-keep-your-ears-open/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [I read about writers' lives with the fascination of one slowing down to get a good look at an automobile accident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/i-read-about-writers-lives-with-the-fascination-of-one-slowing-down/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

> [“In closing, I hope everything helps show that I wouldn’t be a fade-out or a person who turns to think to drink or dope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaye-gibbons/in-closing-i-hope-everything-helps-show-that-i-wouldn-t-be-a-fade-out/)

[Kaye Gibbons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaye-gibbons/)

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