V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"And why is it all men thinkeverything a woman writes is trivial or trashy-or just plain sillydrivel? Don't men have romantic notions? Don't men dream of findingthe perfect love?"

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"And why is it all men thinkeverything a woman writes is trivial or trashy-or just plain sillydrivel? Don't men have romantic notions? Don't men dream of findingthe perfect love?"

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"We haven't remained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time. Through books Cathy and I have lived a zillion lives . . . our vicarious way to feel alive."

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"Children are very wiseintuitively; they know who loves them most, and who only pretends."

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"Go on, glare your eyes at me, and cry and plead, and talk tome about money and what it can buy. But it can't buy back a child once he's dead!"

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"Look at you, standing there in your iron- gray dress, feeling piousand self- righteous while you starve small children!"

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"Then turn your eyes back on me,and tell me that Cathy and I are still children to be treated with condescension, and are incapable of understanding adult subjects."

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"Then turn your eyes back on me,and tell me that Cathy and I are still children to be treated with condescension, and are incapable of understanding adult subjects. We haven'tremained idle, twiddling our thumbs while you were off having a good time."

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"And when I fall in love,” I began, "I will build a mountain to touch the sky. Then, my lover and I will have the best of both worlds, reality firmly under our feet, while we have our heads in the clouds with all our illusions still intact. And the purple grass will grow all around, high enough to reach our eyes."

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"Fool! Never wait on a man! Let him wait on himself!"

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"I love you,” was his reply. “I make myself keep on loving you, despite what you do. I've got to love you. We all have to love you, and believe inyou, and think you are looking out for our best interests. But look at us, Momma, and really see us."

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"People make the rules of society, not God."

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"Grief, no matter how you try to cater to its wail, has a way of fading away."

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"Love doesn't always come when you want it to. Sometimes it just happens, despite your will."

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

"I wish the night would end,I wish the day'd begin,I wish it would rain or snow,or the wind would blow,or the grass would grow,I wish I had yesterday,I wish there were games to play..."

V.C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic

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