Quotes About Confidence

A woman's never too old to make an idiot of herself. It goes along with equality of the sexes and potty parity.

Grandma Mazur stood two feet back from my mother. I gotta get me a pair if those, she said, eyeballing my shorts. I've still got pretty good legs, you know. She raised her skirt and looked down at her knees. What do you think? You think I'd look good in them biker things? Grandma Mazur had knees like doorknobs.

Grandma was wearing a blond Marilyn Monroe wig, a hot pink tank top, black Pilates pants, and black kitten heels. She looked like the senior version of an inflatable sex toy doll that needed more air.

It's not a good idea to mess with a woman who has a pimple

As a backup, I intended to get a quart of defense spray. I wasn't much good with a gun, but I was bitchin' with an aerosol can.

When people ask what you do, tell them you're a writer. Put yourself on the line. Make a commitment.

All my adult life I've hidden behind mascara. And if I'm really insecure, I add eyeliner. (Stephanie, Chapter 10)

I'm short. I have to think tall.

Embarrassing as it was to admit, I was beginning to enjoy the role, thinking there was nothing like packing a pair of cuffs to put some spring into a woman's step.

You bet your ass. I take pride in my appearance." She looked down and made a boob adjustment, hoisting the girls up a couple inches. "You never know when Mr. Good Enough is gonna come along. I like to be ready.

Play the role," Lula said. "That's what we do. We pick a role and we play it. What role you want to play?" "I want to be smart, and I want to be brave." "Go for it," Lula said.

Did you pack an extra gun?" "Of course," she said. "You can never have too many weapons." Jake smiled. "I raised you right.

Stroll around and look sexy, ask annoying questions, in general get on everyone's nerves. All those things that come naturally to you.

Trust him," I said. Trust Superman, Spider-man, E.T., the Ghost of Christmas Present . . . whoever the hell.

Yeah. My skill level is so high I do things I don't even try to do.

own decisions. And I'm responsible for my well-being. Is that clear?" "No," both men said in unison.

Miami's the kind of place where you can wear a gold lamé bikini and a python cowboy hat and nobody will look at you twice

I went to the beauty salon today and got spruced up, Grandma said. Ever since Mildred Frick called me a slut my phone hasn't stopped ringing. I got two dates for the weekend. It might not be such a good thing to have men calling you because they think you're a slut, I said. They're only going to be after one thing. I hope that's true. I don't want to find out I went blond and bought all them thongs for nothing.

Virgil said fortune favors the bold.

Are you a feminist?" "You bet your ass," Lula said. "Unless I need something done that's man's work.

Damn skippy it's a flea collar. I'm not taking no chances.

I kind of like being a slut," Grandma said. "It beats the heck out of being an old lady.

You're no David Niven," Lula

Why did you pick Ladies' Choice?" "It was the obvious one. I'm a lady. And I had to make a choice." "You think you're a lady?" "Fuckin' A," Lula said.