Carolyn Haines Quotes

#1. The deliberate effort of memory for small detail is a social grace that will take a person far.

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#2. My rhythm was joined with that of the Mississippi seasons. To change would shift everything inside of me ...

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#3. Where is Wildene?"
"Just step out the door and holler "Sooie! Sooie! She's a ho hog if ever I saw one. She'll come running.

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#4. Forest Gump had it wrong. Life is not a box of chocolate; it's a kaleidoscope. In the flip of a wrist, realities are shredded and the world takes on a totally new shape.

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#5. Everyone who loves risks losing their heart every minute of every day.

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#6. My Christmas tree glimmered with lights, ornaments, and tinsel. Though such holiday trimmings weren't in vogue any longer, I loved them. I pulled every box of family decorations from the attic and glamored the tree until it looked like a "fancy woman in a cheap brothel" as my aunt Loulane would say.

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#7. If I could have been a cowgirl, I might have never written a word.

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#8. You got the this place lookin' like a whore-house. Jitty said.

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#9. Tell me, Sarah Booth, is it your body that's hurt or your heart?"
"Whatever it is, it'll mend.

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#10. That's one thing I like about you, Sarah Booth. You put your own personal style on a room. I'd call this boudoir pigsty. Yes sir, any man would find this an enticin' little love nest, if he didn't break his neck tryin' to get to the bed.

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#11. She's smart and a hard worker."
"And?"
"A little on the crazy side." Cece inhaled with resignation. "I was overjoyed when the district elected a woman, but Rebecca's half a bubble off plumb.

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#12. Loving the unattainable was safe. That love could never be tested by day-to-day reality.

Carolyn Haines