Anne Fortier Quotes

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• Only weak men want women to be weak.
• The Amazons is a stupendous achievement--a long-anticipated centerpiece in the great puzzle of humankind. The story of these forbidden women, silenced for so long by…
• ...had always taken for granted that the whole world was in a state of constantly fluctuating madness, and that a neurosis was not an illness,…
• There is lust and then there is love. They are related, but still very different things. To indulge in one requires little but honeyed speech…
• After the dress rehearsal that afternoon, someone had misplaced the vial of poison, and for lack of better, Romeo would have to commit suicide by…
• Everything we say is a story. But nothing we say is just a story.
• By the time we left college, I had become my own image: a dandelion in the flower bed of society. Kinda cute, but still a…
• Perhaps. But the firstborn of hope is tragedy.
• You were right and I was wrong. When life hurts more than death, it is not worth living.
• as a bird swoops down on it's prey, and assumes this land bound wretch into heaven, so did romeo steal her lips before they fled…
• For as long as I could remember, he had never worn a single piece of clothing that could be considered casual. Khaki shorts and golf…
• Peppo!" I yelled, pulling at my cousin's suspenders. "I really don't want to be arrested, okay?" "Don't worry!" Peppo turned a corner and accelerated as…
• .... "death turns all men into great lovers. Would that they were equally ardent while the lady was still alive!
• Was I insane? Maybe. But then, there were many different kinds of insanity. Aunt Rose had always taken for granted that the whole world was…
• Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow.
• Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow. Well, perhaps you are right. Perhaps the wise spurn one to remain safe from the…
• She laughed out loud, a warm, knowing laughter that made me once again wonder about the secret ingredient in these women’s lives. Whatever it was,…
• Look,' I said, struggling to keep up, 'I just wanna make one thing absolutely clear. I don't believe in guns. I just want peace. Okay?'…
• She had died peacefully, in her sleep, after an evening of listening to all of her favorite Fred Astaire songs, one crackling record after another.…
• Romeo was cute …” “Cute?” Alessandro rolled his eyes. “What kind of man is cute?” “… and an excellent dancer …” “Romeo had feet of…

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