Quote by Molly Harper Download Open image ““This is how southern woman worked all peaches in cream laced with arsenic ”” — Molly Harper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“PEACHES" I imagine even peaches have bad days, their fuzzy bodies plucked before their prime and left to rot on a kitchen tray, their pudgy meat soft to the touch-tattoo of my finger checking for a pulse—nothing. Tia Marisol spends her days at the stove stirring chicken broth into a copper pot; a flowered apron hugs her waist. There is… — Massiel Ladrón De Guevara Copy Share
ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn. "Eat arsenic? Yes, all you get," Consenting,… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Cathead biscuits and tomato gravy work miracles on Southern women.” — W. Charlene Ammons Copy Share Image
“The flavor the came to me was a luscious Sincerest peach that I once had in California. This heirloom variety needed time to ripen… — Judith Fertig Copy Share Image
“ladies began boycotting our fruit stands because they were afraid our produce might be tainted with arsenic. Insurance companies canceled our insurance. Banks froze our bank accounts. Milkmen stopped delivering milk to our doors. “Company orders,” one tearful milkman explained. Children took one look at us and ran away like frightened deer. Little old ladies clutched their purses and froze… — Julie Otsuka Copy Share
“You can be the ripest, juciest peach, and there's still going to be somebody who hates peaches.” — Dita Von Teese Copy Share Image
“I was shameless in my supermarket-shelf mass-market taste. I loved King, Evanovich, Grisham and Brown. I won't lie; the oficial-looking filing cabinet in the… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
You can take the girl out of the library, but you can’t take the neurotic, compulsively curious librarian out of the girl. — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“The fact that these kits [vampire protection] were generally useless didn’t bother me nearly as much as the idea of holy water being sold… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“Wait, is this a nice-ish way of telling me we had sex and I was lousy? That's how you can tell I'm inexperienced? Because,… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“My color schemes were limited to what would go with the pewter-gray gown...except for the bridesmaids' gowns. I'd already decided that they were going to be a distinctly nonmatchy lemon yellow that Jolene's aunt Vonnie would have to special-order. The kind of yellow one would find on takeout menus or particularly urgent Post-it notes. In fact, if the outdoor lighting… — Molly Harper Copy Share
“When a naked man shows up on your doorstep with a bear trap clamped around his ankle, it's best just to do what he… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
If you want to hurt me, fine. Take my books. Burn down my house. Shave my head while I am sleeping. But nobody, nobody… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“He doesn’t drink too much. He’s employed and works hard. He doesn’t have commitment issues, kids, or crazy ex-girlfriends. He doesn’t attach way too… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“He was always 'checking in' to see if I needed any help with my campaign, which on the surface seemed nice enough, but it… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
I am a former newspaper reporter turned church secretary turned vampire novelist. I wrote my first complete novel, 'Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs,' at… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“Really. How do you respond when someone gifts you with nonlethal law-enforcement equipment?” — Molly Harper Copy Share Image