“...when girls use the brightness of their eyes or the softness of their skin, they have an uncommon advantage in getting what they want.”

“Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can’t get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.”

“That is what I want to tell you about: the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-city dreams.The girls of 1929.”

“she’s not pretty, that word is too small. She is not like the girls I used to stare at, all bend and curve and softness. She is small but strong, and her bright eyes demand attention. Looking at her is like waking up.”

“If you touch someone's skin and you find it soft, well guess what ; the snake has soft skin too.”

“When there's blood involved, you always use every advantage you have to make sure it's theirs that spills and not yours. If you want to feel guilty about taking unfair advantage afterward, you go ahead and feel that shit. But live to feel it.”