Iris Johansen's lovers weathered the sack of city states and the vagaries of the French Revoluti...
LAUREN WILLIG 'Purple Plumeria' I dithered over for months and then wrote the whole thing between the begi...
LAUREN WILLIG People who would never sneer at sci-fi and murder mysteries have no trouble damning the whole romanc...
LAUREN WILLIG I couldn't make myself write serious; I was surrounded by serious: in monographs, in articles, i...
LAUREN WILLIG The minimum I need is six months to allow for dithering, procrastination and the research. The resea...
LAUREN WILLIG One of our fundamental human needs is finding our partner that we hope we will stay with for the res...
LAUREN WILLIG I went to grad school with the grand plan of getting my Ph.D. and writing weighty, Tudor-Stuart-set ...
LAUREN WILLIG I love the sound of words, the feel of them, the flow of them. I love the challenge of finding just ...
LAUREN WILLIG Old books exert a strange fascination for me -- their smell, their feel, their history; wondering wh...
LAUREN WILLIG Quite definitely a Bingley
LAUREN WILLIG There is, I have heard, a little thing called sunrise, in which the sun reverses the process we all ...
LAUREN WILLIG Inside, the festivities would continue, probably well into the night, with flirtation and merriment ...
LAUREN WILLIG Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to ...
LAUREN WILLIG My books fall in the wobbly middle between historical fiction and historical romance.
LAUREN WILLIG There's a horrible stereotype of both the romance writer and the romance reader as somehow under...
LAUREN WILLIG Whether I like it or not, most of my images of what various historical periods feel, smell, or sound...
LAUREN WILLIG When I was 6, a family friend gave me E.L. Konigsburg's 'A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniv...
LAUREN WILLIG Patience is only a virtue when there is something worth waiting for.
LAUREN WILLIG It is a truth universally acknowledged that one only comes up with clever, cutting remarks long afte...
LAUREN WILLIG It's funny, because athletes want to be rockers and vice versa.
MATT WILLIG It is never death because they live in your heart foever.
LAUREN Me, to my husband while searching for my keys and wallet the other morning: "Jake, we spend half our...
LAUREN If someone else isn't making it happen for you, make it happen yourself.
LAUREN MILLER Be fearless. Be glib. Be enigmatic. Read. Never give up.
LAUREN KATE Some women think that if the look this season is minis, they have to wear minis. If you don't ha...
RALPH LAUREN My father was an artist. When life was harder and he couldn't get jobs, he painted houses, but h...
RALPH LAUREN I never went to fashion school. I didn't know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I...
RALPH LAUREN It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's no...
RALPH LAUREN I don't think women should look like costumes. I don't think they should look like fashion v...
RALPH LAUREN They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes...
RALPH LAUREN I went through the extremes of amazing notoriety and also the dreaded things that you never thought ...
RALPH LAUREN I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.
RALPH LAUREN I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
RALPH LAUREN The clothes that I design and everything I've done is about life and how people live and how the...
RALPH LAUREN I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen.
RALPH LAUREN My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. I...
RALPH LAUREN You have to create something from nothing.
RALPH LAUREN Math is a language that you use to describe statistics, but really it's about collecting informa...
LAUREN STAMILE I think women need to empower themselves instead of asking for handouts.
LAUREN SOUTHERN Improv changed my life in the best way. I gained so much confidence and really learned how to use my...
LAUREN LAPKUS I know I seem really friendly, but I'm a closet introvert.
LAUREN MYRACLE We live in an age of mediocrity.
LAUREN BACALL For some reason, I bruise like a peach. I don't have enough vitamin C, I think.
LAUREN COHAN I'd love to design bridal dresses.
LAUREN CONRAD Like so many other kids with special needs, I have been bullied. Kids in elementary school made me e...
LAUREN POTTER Cam disappears at the end of 'Rapture.' It was the only way for me to say good-bye to him at...
LAUREN KATE We played one warm-up gig at this bar that was kinda like that bar in 'The Blues Brothers' w...
LAUREN AMBROSE Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' '...
LAUREN BACALL Sometimes I read a biography of some tempestuous artist and find myself longing for fireworks! booze...
LAUREN GROFF My friends call me Clark Kent: I'm known to change in phone booths.
DYLAN LAUREN a) he's late.
b) he's acting like an asshole and blowing me off.
c)he's gotten into a ho...
LAUREN BARNHOLDT You don't want a slob, but you don't want a guy who is constantly borrowing your tweezers.
LAUREN CONRAD For a time in high school, I had glasses, braces, and a cast. I like to call this look 'no date ...
LAUREN GRAHAM Don't cry over someone who wouldn't cry over you.
LAUREN CONRAD You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes".
LAUREN OLIVER Break up with him,” he said softly, “or I’ll put his head through a window.
LAUREN GILLEY It's best to let her go," he says.
No, no, that's wrong. It's never right to give up on someone...
LAUREN DESTEFANO Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can't always understand them, but ...
LAUREN KATE A good friend keeps your secrets for you. A best friend helps you keep your own secrets.
LAUREN OLIVER I don't know where to go. I don't know what comes now."
"Don't worry," Will said. "We'll figur...
LAUREN OLIVER We wanted the freedom to love. We wanted the freedom to choose. Now we have to fight for it.
LAUREN OLIVER I know that the whole point—the only point—is to
find the things that matter, and hold on t...
LAUREN OLIVER Quizá para ti hay un
mañana. Quizá para ti hay mil mañanas, o tres mil, o diez mil, tanto t...
LAUREN OLIVER You should eat a waffle! You can't be sad if you eat a waffle!
LAUREN MYRACLE I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here.
LAUREN MYRACLE And then, just at that moment, when I'm no longer sure if I'm dreaming or awake or walking some vall...
LAUREN OLIVER In a world without love, this is what people are to each other: values, benefits, and liabilities, n...
LAUREN OLIVER Friends know other friends’ schedules. -Greggory
LAUREN KUNZE And Daniel?" She asked.
"Daniel was a player-"
"Hey!"
"That's what they called the a...
LAUREN KATE So as a seventh grader, no, you weren't friends with people you didn't like. But sometimes you also ...
LAUREN MYRACLE Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of y...
LAUREN OLIVER I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to ...
LAUREN OLIVER I love you. Remember. They cannot take it
LAUREN OLIVER Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand t...
LAUREN OLIVER A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energ...
RALPH LAUREN I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.
LAUREN HOLLY People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and ...
RALPH LAUREN Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.
LAUREN BACALL I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.
LAUREN BACALL I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
LAUREN BACALL Now, my lips are sewn with thread so thin postpoems.com.
LAUREN G I'd rather die my way than live yours.
LAUREN OLIVER We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. You've just go...
LAUREN MYRACLE Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. -Lauren Bacall.
LAUREN BACALL A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?
LAUREN BACALL That is the rule of the Wilds: You must be bigger and stronger and tougher. You must hurt or be hurt...
LAUREN OLIVER I've learned to get really good at this - say one thing when I'm thinking about something else, act ...
LAUREN OLIVER My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I've ever known. She didn't have an easy ...
LAUREN BACALL I don't have children, but I have 17 nieces and nephews, and they more than make up for anything...
LAUREN VELEZ I've always loved Japanese legend, anime and manga.
LAUREN BEUKES 'Mom' isn't an adjective or a personality; they're not all the same.
LAUREN GRAHAM I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I t...
RALPH LAUREN I was a troubled teen and I was constantly looking for someone to throw me a rope. Those ropes are c...
LAUREN OLIVER I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they cou...
RALPH LAUREN Everyone has that friend who's every day, like, 'I hate my nose, I hate my nose, I hate my n...
LAUREN CONRAD I used to get taxed on my allowance. Yeah, I've been taxed since I was a little kid. And at the ...
LAUREN CONRAD I only worked theater jobs, but they were all really silly when I first graduated. I was a line moni...
LAUREN WORSHAM I don't spend much money on clothes; I never did.
LAUREN HUTTON I've had tons of bullies who would call me retarded, even on my Facebook page. It's sad and ...
LAUREN POTTER People should accept being single, because those are the moments you can really focus on yourself, a...
LAUREN LONDON I'm a stuffed rabbit collector.
DYLAN LAUREN I like having a lot of sunlight because it helps me wake up. And I don't get depressed in winter...
DYLAN LAUREN I'll offset neutral shades with bright colors. It helps me stand out without looking cartoonish.
DYLAN LAUREN I shop for candy instead of clothes!
DYLAN LAUREN I was not a girly girl. I was a tomboy.
DYLAN LAUREN To save money on gifts, give someone their favorite candy in a beautiful, customized vessel with a p...
DYLAN LAUREN If you're running a race, and you're looking at the lane to your right or your left, you'...
DYLAN LAUREN Before I got married, I never really watched TV. Now, my husband and I watch 'The Bachelor' ...
DYLAN LAUREN I collect candy packaging from around the world and believe it has the value of Pop Art.
DYLAN LAUREN On really hot days, I try to motivate friends and family to come into the pool for an aqua jogging s...
DYLAN LAUREN My parents screened 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' for my 6th birthday, and I bec...
DYLAN LAUREN Putting good energy into your body and raising your serotonin will lead to a positive mood, exuding ...
DYLAN LAUREN When I started Dylan's Candy Bar in 2001, I wanted it to be a place that merged my love of pop c...
DYLAN LAUREN Every two months, I allow myself a splurge day where I eat thick, doughy pizza from Pizzeria Uno or ...
DYLAN LAUREN There's no denying that candy is comfort food and it's affordable.
DYLAN LAUREN My parents always told me, 'Do what you love because that is what you will do well in.' They...
DYLAN LAUREN Summer is very precious.
DYLAN LAUREN If these rich women from 5th Avenue spend a fortune on cashmere sweaters, they will come to my store...
DYLAN LAUREN While I'm in L.A. I always make time for my favorite activity which is hiking. The trails in Cal...
DYLAN LAUREN I always saw candy as art.
DYLAN LAUREN I love accessorizing with jewelry.
DYLAN LAUREN When I think of flavours, I think colour, so lemon should be yellow and orange is orange.
DYLAN LAUREN Believe in yourself, listen to your gut, and do what you love.
DYLAN LAUREN Candy is childhood, the best and bright moments you wish could have lasted forever.
DYLAN LAUREN I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that ...
LAUREN GROFF Hugh Grant does a great job with his style. Somehow understated yet timeless and seems to get it. He...
DAVID LAUREN As a kid, I would look at my dad and ask him why he was wearing jeans with his tux. Today I love to ...
DAVID LAUREN My parents are famously not part of the gestalt of the fashion industry.
DAVID LAUREN Polo really is a European sport. It's not really that popular in America. I'm not an expert ...
DAVID LAUREN I learnt to drive at around eleven years old. In an old jeep on a field in Colorado. There were lots...
DAVID LAUREN We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we ...
LAUREN HUTTON Awareness is the key to everything. I think it's important to be aware of how you feel. How do y...
LAUREN BOWLES Is being single hard? It depends where your mind is. If you are focused, being single is an enjoyabl...
LAUREN LONDON There is never just one thing that leads to success for anyone. I feel it always a combination of pa...
LAUREN CONRAD I am a picky eater. By that I mean, I love to pick the raisins out of oatmeal raisin cookies, the ch...
DYLAN LAUREN I don't design clothes, I design dreams.
RALPH LAUREN Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
LAUREN BACALL My dad is my best friend, my father, and my boss. When I do something that is exciting and he likes ...
DAVID LAUREN I was supposed to go to Northwestern and become a dental hygienist, get married, have babies. My fat...
LAUREN TOM I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my...
LAUREN BACALL Right now I just want to chill for a while. Take a hiatus from all the craziness. To clean my house,...
LAUREN AMBROSE When I was a kid, and God was talking to me about music, I was like, 'Okay, I'll sing mainst...
LAUREN DAIGLE I had learning problems when I was in elementary school, and didn't really start to read well un...
LAUREN TARSHIS Honestly, I was such a tomboy as a kid. People were taking from their mothers' closets - I was t...
LAUREN GRAHAM He could be so charming and irreverent and witty, and then-bam!-a switch flipped and he reverted rig...
LAUREN WEISBERGER You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come. Then it happens ...
LAUREN OLIVER When I say ‘I love you’ I don’t mean that I love what being with you does for my career, or I ...
CHRISTINA LAUREN Promise me we'll stay together, okay?" His eyes are once again the clear blue of a perfectly transpa...
LAUREN OLIVER My husband is the cook at our house. I can make dessert and salad, but I stay away from meals. He ma...
DYLAN LAUREN I always wanted to work with Spencer Tracy, which never happened, although I knew him well. And I ne...
LAUREN BACALL It's true,' said Freddie Humbert, 'kids nowadays have got no ability to listen to simple instruction...
LAUREN CHILD Look we didn't break in, we conned our way in.' - Ruby
'Oh that makes it so much better.' - Hit...
LAUREN CHILD Rube, this is me you're talking to, Clancy Crew, remember? Your best buddy? And I hate to break it t...
LAUREN CHILD Everyone always thinks they're the good guys,' said Ruby.
'Yes they do,' said LB. 'But happily ...
LAUREN CHILD Excuse me while I yawn.
LAUREN CHILD For a while after college, I was thinking of becoming a fitness trainer, and I am a certified aqua t...
DYLAN LAUREN That’s when I realized that certain moments go on forever. Even after they’re over they still go...
LAUREN OLIVER Anyone who's ever gone from warm and bright to cold and dark knows how I felt.
LAUREN WOLK My boyfriend's an idiot," I say as soon as he lurches away.

"A cute idiot," Ally c...
LAUREN OLIVER Everyone just wasting time because they have so much of it to waste, minutes slipping by on who's wi...
LAUREN OLIVER Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but...
LAUREN GRAHAM (I)f you do not believe that hearts can bloom suddenly bigger, and that love can open like a flower ...
LAUREN OLIVER Anger is useful only to a certain point. After that, it becomes rage, and rage will make you careles...
LAUREN OLIVER Let's still be friends" (things that are never true in a break up, but you have to say).
LAUREN LETO I feel like a three-dimensional girl in a two-dimensional world.
LAUREN MYRACLE The dream knows what they are waiting for, even if they don’t themselves.
The end of everythi...
LAUREN BEUKES A man or woman who travels in the end will never be kept. But if you understand that person well eno...
LAUREN KLARFELD Don’t just love a person for the image, idea or concept of them, but love them for every fantastic...
LAUREN KLARFELD My dad is very down to earth, and I view him as a creative genius, and I am very proud of that.
DYLAN LAUREN In my dream I know I am falling. But there is no up or down, no walls or sides or ceilings, just the...
LAUREN OLIVER I always think family get-togethers when everybody just sort of crashes out are pretty much the best...
LAUREN COHAN I've read pretty broadly on the Holocaust - both fiction and non-fiction - and to me, 'The L...
LAUREN WEISBERGER What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, b...
LAUREN MYRACLE Blogging is a great way to show your talents and interests to prospective employers, while adding an...
LAUREN CONRAD At some point, I fell in love. Shortly thereafter, I got my heart broken. Sniff, sniff. And I realiz...
LAUREN KATE I've been entrepreneurial since middle school. I was always arranging bake sales, dances and sch...
DYLAN LAUREN I was recently appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intelle...
LAUREN POTTER When I was a kid, it was Bette Davis. She was my idol. I used to cut school and sit in the back of t...
LAUREN BACALL I'm not completely vegan - my diet's probably about 80 percent plant based, but I do eat som...
LAUREN BOWLES Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.
LAUREN CONRAD I love to bake! I have a huge sweet tooth, and I love to make things like zucchini muffins, you know...
LAUREN BOWLES I'm not so much a shoe or bag person as jewelry, and I think it's because jewelry is like ca...
DYLAN LAUREN I'm baffled when young actors aren't familiar with current film, television and theater, or ...
LAUREN GRAHAM If I wasn't doing candy, I'd want to create the best rescue animal-shelter organization. Oth...
DYLAN LAUREN Barbra Streisand has always been an inspiration for me. I admire Jennifer Lopez because she's be...
LAUREN LONDON I love Barbra Streisand. Anybody who knows me knows I just love her, love her, love her!
LAUREN LONDON Obviously, I've seen what the press has done to my cousins. I would never let that rule my life,...
LAUREN BUSH I never thought about being on a series before. It seemed like such a big commitment. But I love goi...
LAUREN AMBROSE Give your kid some credit for being smart - just because they read about something doesn't mean ...
LAUREN MYRACLE Being responsible for another human life terrifies me, because I kill plants.
LAUREN CONRAD There are plenty of beautiful girls who don't photograph well.
LAUREN HUTTON Alicia Silverstone from 'Clueless' plays the role of the quintessential buttoned-up beauty w...
LAUREN KATE You do not exist to serve the illusion. The illusion exists to serve you.
LAUREN ZIMMERMAN Everyone is asleep. They've all been asleep for years. You seemed ... awake.' Alex is whispering now...
LAUREN OLIVER I vowed after that day that I would be your hero too, no matter how long it took
LAUREN OLIVER You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to p...
LAUREN OLIVER It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking f...
LAUREN OLIVER What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their...
LAUREN OLIVER This is my story. These things are my past, and I will not allow them to be washed away. I will find...
LAUREN DESTEFANO I am intrigued. I am fearless.
LAUREN DESTEFANO