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Janet Fitch is a renowned American contemporary author, born on November 9, 1955, in California. Her works are known for their profound character development and unique narrative style, with notable titles including 'The Geeks' and 'Paint It Black'.

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“Beauty was deceptive. I would rather wear my pain, my ugliness. I was torn and stitched. I was a strip mine, and they would just have to look. I hoped I made them sick. I hoped they saw me in their dreams.”

Looks Made Dream Pain Saws Mines Sick Torn Ugliness Deceptive

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“her scruffy innoscense to impregnate with his dreams. reason was seductive, it gave the appearance of truth”

Reason Dream Appearance Seductive

Author:Janet Fitch

“Their love as a dragonfly, skimming over echo park, stoppin to visit the lotus. Eating dreams and drinking blue sky.”

Dream Sky Eating Blue Drinking Parks Echoes Blue Sky Lotuses Dragonflies Skimming

Author:Janet Fitch

“She wanted to wake up like Dorothy and see Michael's face peering over the side of the bed, laughing. WHY, YOU JUST HIT YOUR HEAD. But it was not a dream and there was no Kansas and he was never coming back.”

Dream Wanted Faces Sides Laughing Bed Wake Up Coming Back Kansas

Author:Janet Fitch

“They dream of men with gentle hands, eloquent with tenderness, fingers that brushed along a cheek, that outlined open lips in the lovers' braille. Hands that sculpted sweetness from sullen flesh, that traced breast and ignited hips, opening, kneading. Flesh becomes bread in the heat of those hands, braided and rising.”

Men Dream Hands Lovers Fingers Lips Flesh Bread Opening Hips Gentle Heat Rising Breasts Cheeks Tenderness Sweetness Eloquent Sullen Braille

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“A novel is like a dream in which everyone is you. They’re all parts of yourself.”

Dream Novel

Author:Janet Fitch

“What happened to a dream without a dreamer?”

Dream Happened Dreamer

Author:Janet Fitch

“What was beauty unless you intended to use it, like a hammer, or a key? It was just something for other people to use and admire, or envy, despise. To nail their dreams onto like a picture hanger on a blank wall. And so many girls saying, use me, dream me.”

People Use Dream Girl Beauty Wall Keys Envy Admire Despise Blank Nails Hammers Using Me Hangers

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“Love's an illusion. It's a dream you wake up from with an enormous hangover and net credit debt. I'd rather have cash.”

Dream Illusion Wake Up Credit Debt Enormous Cash Hangover

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

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Born: November 9, 1955
Known for: Author
Quotes: 274

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