Extremes Quote by Linda Barnes

“Over the years, 'organized' seemed to have become her most defining characteristic. It was like she was a minor celebrity with this one claim…

— Liane Moriarty

“So even though, to the outside world, Claire Willoughby was Simple Pleasures, Inc., Claire knew she was actually little more than window dressing for…

— Elizabeth Bevarly

Isabelle's clothes looked ridiculous. Clary had to roll the legs on the jeans up several times before she stopped tripping on them, and the…

— Cassandra Clare

Interesting" people were her favorite hobby. She collected them: the type who did gay things late at night and smoked cigarettes in mixed company,…

— Anna Godbersen

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it.…

— Alison Bechdel

Her secret to happiness was simple and unpretentious. She had a beautiful house, would pick fruit and make jams, run the dogs in the…

— Sean Hepburn Ferrer

Without Mona, Hanna felt like a great outfit without matching accessories, a screw-driver that was all orange juice and no vodka, and an iPod…

— Sara Shepard

She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way…

— James M. Cain

So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background.

— Steve Martin

“She was the quintessential twenty-first-century woman: She could build a high-rise in a Chanel suit and Jimmy Choos, give lessons in multitasking, and freeze…

— Donna Ball

“Cyrilly expected Sylvia – as an intelligent and ambitious young woman – to walk around pale-mouthed and flat-shoed. She saw intellectual inclinations and a…

— Elizabeth Winder