Gail Parent Quotes

• Don't we realize we're a business, we single girls are? Every building that goes up in Manhattan has more than fifty percent efficiency apartments . . . for the one million girls who have very little use for them.

  Gail Parent

  Girl, Use, Manhattan

  Gail Parent (2004). “Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York”, p.23, The Overlook Press

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• In heaven, you get right through. In hell, they put you on hold.

  Gail Parent

  Heaven, Telephones, Hell

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• How do you tell your mother that you feel you're getting... old? If I'm... old, then what is she?

  Gail Parent

  Mother, Feels, Ifs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Do you want to live in a world where a man lies about calories?

  Gail Parent

  Lying, Men, World

  Gail Parent (2004). “Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York”, p.4, The Overlook Press

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• When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.

  Gail Parent

  Cups, Conversation, Asks

  Gail Parent (1980). “The best laid plans”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• Volleyball is a Jewish sport. It's fun, and nobody can get hurt.

  Gail Parent

  Sports, Volleyball, Hurt

  Gail Parent (2004). “Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York”, p.72, The Overlook Press

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• She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.

  Gail Parent

  Happiness, Laughter, Smart

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• the first thing I did when I made the decision to kill myself was to stop dieting. Let them dig a wider hole.

  Gail Parent

  Decision, Dieting, Firsts

  Gail Parent (2004). “Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York”, p.99, The Overlook Press

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• Actually, I have only two things to worry about now: afterlife and reincarnation.

  Gail Parent

  Two, Afterlife, Worry

  Gail Parent (2004). “Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York”, p.135, The Overlook Press

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• Fact: Girls who are having a good sex thing stay in New York. The rest want to spend their summer vacations in Europe.

  Gail Parent

  Girl, Summer, Sex

  Gail Parent (2004). “Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York”, p.46, The Overlook Press

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