#shirley

Having realized that her affection for Sinclair went far beyond friendship, there was only one thing for her to do. She took off her hat and banged her head against the nearest lamppost. Also realizing she was drawing attention from passerby, she put her hat back on and resumed walking. ↗

— Shirley Karr

#romance #shirley-karr #friendship

Gilbert, I'm afraid I'm scandalously in love with you. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#anne-shirley #gilbert-blythe #love #love

We started out making men in about the state of mind which I suppose created them in the first place -- we had run out of kinds of women, and had to think of something else. ↗

— Shirley Jackson

#men

But you have such dimples," said Anne, smiling affectionately into the pretty, vivacious face so near her own. "Lovely dimples, like little dents in cream. I have given up all hope of dimples. My dimple-dream will never come true; but so many of my dreams have that I mustn't complain. Am I all ready now? ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#anne-shirley #dimples #fiction #l-m-montgomery #dreams

There’s a stereotype of what we are all meant to find attractive and erotic, but I don’t neatly fall into those categories. Satin lingerie, a heart-shaped tub, flowers and champagne don’t turn me on. You shouldn’t be scrubbed clean before you have sex. I hate boys who are frightened of pee and shit and menstrual blood. I say no to boys who want to wake up next to a fully made-up woman. I say no to boys who prefer stockings and garters to perfect nudity. Who wants a boy who won’t kiss you when you’ve just been sick? I want a man who will let me pee in his belly button. I want a man to accept the beast in me. I don’t want a man who thinks the woman of his dreams doesn’t go to the toilet. One does, you know. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#dreams

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum. ↗

— Tallulah Bankhead

#photograph #shirley #should #temple #through

To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

#card #day #dean #decided #district

There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now. ↗

— Merle Haggard

#been #broadcasts #burns #condition #could

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#after #could #four #gifts #minor

I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked. ↗

— Jane Horrocks

#doing #fortunately #found #i #laugh