#monroe

The difference between Marilyn’s and Jayne’s approach to intellectual pursuits is that Marilyn carried big heavy books around and hung out with brainy people to absorb their intellect, while Jayne really had a thirst for knowledge. Jayne was very proud of the fact that if she like something enough she would commit it to memory. At that time, The Satanic Bible was still in monograph form, and Jayne had pored over those pages until she knew most of it by heart...Marilyn gave me a copy of Stendhal’s On Love, and I still have a copy of Walter Benton’s This is My Beloved, which we bought together on Sunset Boulevard. Marilyn turned me on to it—wanted me to read it and write something in it for her. I got as far as writing her name in it, but I ended up with the book. It meant a lot to me during a particularly dark period in my life after I left L.A. Jayne kept insisting I read The Story of O and I, Jan Cremer. She gave me a dog-eared copy of each. It seems a distinctly feminine trait to want to share books with people they care deeply about. ↗

— Anton Szandor LaVey

#jan-cremer #jayne-mansfield #marilyn-monroe #on-love #pauline-réage

I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#i #kill #marilyn #marilyn monroe #monroe

The new acts' major influences were movies and their curvy queens Brigitte Bardot and Marilyn Monroe. With their big blonde hair, ample breasts, and highly fertile hips, these bombshells inspired women everywhere to exxagerate their own voluptuousness. ↗

— Dita Von Teese

#brigitte-bardot #burlesque #curvy-corset-cuties #marilyn-monroe #p-

Marilyn Monroe was supposedly a size 16, which is probably why I love her style; it suits me better. ↗

— Katherine Jenkins

#her #i #i love #love #marilyn

You’ll make a sucky father someday,” I tell him with a smile. “I feel sorry for the kid that doesn’t get to burst into light to get out of your house.” He chokes out a laugh. “Is it my sarcasm?” “Definitely. And that obnoxious accent. ↗

— Suzanne Young

#monroe #beauty

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#courage

It was peaceful, the air crisp; flocks of geese and wild ducks roamed through grassland down by the water. For a moment my heart leapt, and I saw a future for myself. I was alone, and free at last, amongst the birds and trees, from earth to sky. ↗

— Tara Hanks

#marilyn-monroe #freedom

try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#life #marilyn-monroe #miserable #life

Men are always ready to respect anything that bores them. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#men #my-story #respect #men

When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#my-story #suicide #commitment