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Anita Shreve
“My mother taught me to knit when I was seven. I forgot about knitting until one day I saw Marion at the counter with hers and confessed that I knew how. Confessed is the right word. In those days, in the early 1980s, knitting was not a hobby a preteen would readily admit to. But Marion, every enthusiastic, pounced upon me and insisted that I show her something I'd made. I did -- a misshapen scarf -- which she priased exravagantly. she lent me a raspberry-colored wool for another project, a hat for myself. Since then I've been knitting pretty continuously. It's addictive and it's soothing, and fora a few minutes anyway, it makes me feel closer to my mother.”
Anita Shreve, Light on Snow

Anne Tyler
“It's just free speech, that's all we've got. We can say whatever we like, then the government goes and does exactly what it pleases. You call that democracy? It's like we're on a ship, headed someplace terrible, and somebody else is steering and the passengers can't jump off.”
Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist

Michael   Lewis
“Many thrifts layered a billion dollars of brand-new loans on top of their existing, disastrous hundred million dollars of old loss-making loans, in a hope that the new would offset the old. Each new purchase of mortgage bonds (which was identical to making a loan) was like the last act of a desperate man. The strategy was wildly irresponsible, for the fundamental problem (borrowing short term and lending long term) hadn鈥檛 been remedied. The hypergrowth only meant that the next thrift crisis would be larger. But the thrift managers were not thinking that far in advance. They were simply trying to keep the door to the shop open. That explains why thrifts continued to buy mortgage bonds even as they sold their loans.”
Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker

Michael   Lewis
“This completed the curious reversal in roles that occurred in the early 1980s, when thrifts became traders and traders thrifts.”
Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker

“I don鈥檛 want a challenge with a woman.鈥� Adrian was getting bothered by his friend鈥檚 persistence. 鈥淚 want one who鈥檚 ready and willing. You see how pristine that chick looked? We鈥檙e talking completely uncharted territory. She鈥檚 probably never had a tongue in her mouth, much less a cock. I ain鈥檛 got time for training.”
Cherie Summers, A Melody For Adrian

Phil Mitchell
“The 80's in America were about building a better future here in America. We came into the generation dancing. We saw an explosion of songs about Christianity, concern for the environment, the first space shuttle, the number of nuclear arms peaked, and the start of the national debt clock. It ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall. We also saw growing frustration that some things were not getting done.”
Phil Mitchell, A Bright New Morning: An American Story

Karen  Grey
“If you鈥檙e vanilla, Kate, you鈥檙e the Dairy Joy kind.”
Karen Grey, What I'm Looking For

Karen  Grey
“I鈥檒l trade you a kiss for a bite of this muffin.鈥�

鈥淵es, please.鈥�

I hold it up high. 鈥淜iss first.鈥�

鈥淚 gotta have half of that thing before I fall over,鈥� she whines. 鈥淢y blood sugar鈥檚 dropping.鈥�

As slowly as possible, I peel the wrapper off. 鈥淚f it鈥檚 a medical emergency.鈥�

鈥淚t definitely is.鈥� She takes a huge bite and moans as she chews and swallows. 鈥淚 might need something else to make me feel completely well.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 not a doctor, but I鈥檝e played one on stage. Maybe I can help.”
Karen Grey, What I'm Looking For

Karen  Grey
“I feel like I鈥檓 dating a vampire,鈥� I confess to Alice over our post-run breakfast Saturday morning. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been weeks since I saw Will in the daylight.鈥�

鈥淭hat鈥檚 so romantic,鈥� Alice sighs.”
Karen Grey, What I'm Looking For

Karen  Grey
“This is very midsummer madness,鈥欌€� he says huskily.”
Karen Grey, What I'm Looking For

Steven Magee
“Are you aware that since the 1980鈥檚 your body has been adapting to abnormal wireless radiation from cell phone towers?”
Steven Magee