Caroline Leavitt quotes

Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life. (Caroline Leavitt)
I love rewriting because that is where and how you discover the story. Its like you have this skeleton, and you get to put flesh on it and hair and clothes and really wonderful jewelry. View quote
Caroline Leavitt
I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles. View quote
Caroline Leavitt
A product name has to be specific. You know that Tasty Soup is tasty - that Hot Chips will burn off the roof of your mouth. View quote
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L.A. is a place people come to for all sorts of reasons, often to reinvent themselves, and that fascinates me. View quote
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My first husband was a serial cheater. View quote
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People love stories. They need stories. View quote
Caroline Leavitt
I am an indifferent cook but I can make pie. View quote
Caroline Leavitt
Housewives of the 1950s were supposed to create show-stopping meals every night for their hard-working husbands. View quote
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I had a nervous breakdown at 17 when my first love left me, and he was a typical bad boy, albeit a charismatic one, with a string of broken hearts trailing behind him. View quote
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A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves. (Caroline Leavitt)
I love real books, paper books, but I also love buying online, and I think that people are more willing to take a chance to read something if it's cheaper - sometimes books on the Kindle are $6. A hardback book is $25. For $25, it better be a really great book. Or you're going to be mad. View quote
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Open adoption, when it works, is fabulous. But when it goes wrong, it's so traumatizing for everybody. View quote
Caroline Leavitt