Quotable: Now that Valentine's Day has worn off

Heather J. Kirk has listened to The Ballroom on Magnolia Street by Sharon Owens

A fun quote on how to catch the man you want - and that no system is perfect!

Quote, getting ready to go out to a dance club and see a man Shirley is attracted to:

That’s what I’m trying to tell you, it’s our destiny.”

Destiny nothing, Shirley, you fancy him. Don’t try and dress it up as something from a higher level. You’ll just have to attract his attention. Men are very visual creatures. Everyone knows that. Show him a bit of shoulder...”

"No...it’s something spiritual... When two people are right for each other, when the chemistry is right, Mother Nature ...will bring them together. It’s something in nature that pairs people off you see, knowing they have complementary qualities that will help them to survive in the chaos of the world...”

You’re cracked Shirley Winters, what about Bonnie and Clyde? Mother Nature slipped up badly the day those two met, didn’t she?”

It’s not a perfect system...”

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Quotable: "my job is to make people uncomfortable"

Heather J. Kirk is currently listening to A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

I'd say this book is one of those "alternative styles" and jumps from person to person, year to year. It's hard to follow sometimes, but trust that eventually the charaters show up again and it all ties together. As with all experimental work - some is a bit strange. But there are several chapters that are uproariously funny! And it is dark humor, my favorite kind.

Here's a quote I chose (sounds a bit like me...):

12-year-old Alison: “‘I want to know every bad thing you’ve done,’ I say, ‘including dangerous and embarrassing.’ ‘You can’t,’ Mom says. I stare at her until she looks away. What I suddenly understand: My job is to make people uncomfortable. I will do it all my life. My mother, Sasha Blake, is my first victim.

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Book Quotables: I'd begun to care too much...

Periodically I'll include quotes from books I'm reading (or actually listening too). Some will be powerful, some stating simple truths, and others simply hilarious.

This is a rare romantic choice of mine - but too true to let pass by.

Woman Without a Past by Phyllis A. Whitney published by Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Main character and narrator Molly: “I’d felt the strong attraction that existed between us, but I had no idea what Garrett wanted in his life... Somehow, when I wasn’t looking, I’d begun to care too much about Garret. This was the last thing I wanted. He was too uncertain a quantity. But when did love ever ask permission?"