Girlchild Quotes & Sayings

We either live with intention or exist by default. — Kristin Armstrong

Okay, no reason to have a heart attack. He's just a guy ... the yummiest guy in Yum City. — Kate Brian

Here's a tip though', he told me, leaning over and pressing a hand into my shoulder. 'If you want to improve your time, run faster. — John Boyne

They lived happily ever after. It said so. In the book. They were the last words on the page. Happily ever after. Despereaux was sure that he had read exactly those words time and time again.
Lying on the floor with the drum beating and the mice shouting ... Despereaux had a sudden, chilling thought: Had some other mouse eaten the words that spoke the truth? Did the knight and the fair maiden really not live happily ever after? — Kate DiCamillo

My first wife was a theater person. — Ahmet Ertegun

I was going to shave it. It went in two parts. I got a bob first but it kept falling all over my face. Then it was off, short. The main reason it was long was because my mother cut it short when I was little and I was trying to make up for that. — Cathy Freeman

By a tranquil mind, I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered. — Marcus Aurelius

If you surrender your free will, then someone is bound to take the reins and lead you to a place that is not of your own true desire. — Steven Redhead

You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone. — Jessica Savitch

Girlchild ... unfolds a compelling, layered narrative told by a protagonist with a voice so fresh, original, and funny you'll be in awe. This novel rocks ... In Girlchild Tupelo Hassman has created a character you'll never forget. Rory Dawn Hendrix of the Calle has as precocious and endearing a voice as Holden Caulfield of Central Park. When you finish this novel, your sorrow at turning the last page will be eased by your excitement at what this sassy, talented author will do next. — Mameve Medwed