You don't want to buy a surprise, because then the surprise is how awful it looks on you. - Nan Kempner

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I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long.

Nan Kempner

You don't want to buy a surprise, because then the surprise is how awful it looks on you.

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I tell people all the time I want to be buried naked. I know there will be a store where I'm going.

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I spend way more than I should. . . and way less than I want.

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I wouldn't miss the opening of a door.

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The best part of a party is getting dressed to go.

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I'm drunk when it comes to clothes.

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