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I Still Dream About You

Fannie Flagg

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Don't give up before the miracle happens.”

“It's always the darkest just before the glorious dawn.”

“Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.”

“Suddenly being her age seemed great. She didn't have to look perfect. Hooray And think of all the senior discounts she had to look forward to not to mention Social Security Medicare and Medicaid. So what if she was afraid of getting old Big whoopdedoowho wasn't She wasn't alone everybody her age was in the same boat. She was going to relax and just let herself get older. Who cared if she wore twoinch heels instead of 3andahalf inch heels her feet hurt and not only that she was going to have a piec eof cake once in a while and she wasn't going to go anywhere she didn't feel like going anymore either. Bring on the Depends And the bunion pads and the Metamucil. And if she liked pretty music and old movies so what She wasn't hurting anyone. Hazel had always said "If you're still breathing you're ahead of the game." And she'd been right. Life itself was something to look forward to and so for whatever time she had left she was going to enjoy every minute wrinkles and all. What a concept”

“Her good weight was 150 pounds, and 178 pounds was her top. Consequently, Brenda had three different sets of clothes hanging in her closet, labeled GOOD, MEDIUM and FAT AS A HOG.”

“Hazel: Listen babe you have to search for your luck it's nice if it just falls in your lap but I look for my lucky pennies. ... Maggie: What do you do with all your pennies Hazel: I give them away. It's good to spread your luck around and it always comes back to you.”

“Don’t give up before the miracle happens.”

“It was the story of her life and probably how she had survived this long: with a little talent and a lot of flair.”

“If you did tell the truth or if you didn’t, there were always consequences. Human interaction was difficult at best.”

“you just don’t know how bad it feels to have people who don’t even know you hate you, and for something you had nothing to do with.”

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Book Keywords:

inspiration, growing-old, giving-up, luck, miracle, lucky-pennies

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