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Gail Parent Quotes

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

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

Gail Parent
Heaven, Telephones, Hell

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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