Jezebel: notable quotables

The Girl's Guide To Hunting And Fishing

Sadie — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Nora Ephron on life as an unmarried, eager eater: "I would cook a meal for four and eat it. Really ... By the way, I had an entire marriage that I mainly only remember Rice-A-Roni from." [Salon]

Mommy Wars

Sadie — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:20:00 EDT

Ayelet Waldman: "We've evolved the June Cleaver image into something even more toxic...The burden has increased exponentially, and you're not even allowed to drown your sorrows in a gin and tonic." [USA Today]

Katty!

Sadie — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:40:00 EDT

"People are obsessed. Like, do you have anything better to do than not eat and go to the gym, you freak? I mean, ask any size zero twit if she's read a book lately." [Nylon]

The Frugal Gourmet

Sadie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:40:00 EDT

Julia Child, 1972: "Don't complain about high prices. For God's sake, learn to cook and stop squawking!" [WWD]

I Thee Dread

Sadie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:20:00 EDT

"I have no hidden marriages. They just sort of escape my mind." - Katherine Anne Porter [New Yorker]

We're Guessing She's Not Into Twitter?

Sadie — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Margaret Atwood: "It's like everyone's blogging about how they brushed their teeth this morning." [NYT]

Your Life Story In Six Words

Sadie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST

"It has been a living hell." The premise of the bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning — now deluxed and re-released for the holidays — is simple: sum up your life in six words. The results run the gamut from poignant — "On the playground, alone. 1970, today" — to needlepoint-pillow: "It got better after middle age." It's a surprisingly entertaining and telling game, as the contributions reveal. Match the celeb to his memoir*, after the jump!

1. "Well, I thought it was funny."

2. "Liars, hysterectomy didn't improve sex life!"

3."Revenge is living well, without you."

4. "Maybe you had to be there."

5. "Secret of life: marry an Italian."

a) Joan Rivers b) Roy Blount Jr. c) Nora Ephron d) Stephen Colbert e) Joyce Carol Oates *

As in so many things, what's revealing is less the words than the spirit. Personally, I'm torn between, "Hey, what fresh hell is this?" ;"Butter is my one true love"; and "Life story: ur doin it rong."

*1d, 2a, 3e, 4b, 5c.

People's Memoirs. Six Words. Surprising Results. [USA Today]

Some women have serious policy disagreements...

Megan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:30:00 EDT

Some women have serious policy disagreements with Sarah Palin or think she might be unqualified to be a heart beat from the presidency. One of those women... is Sarah Palin. The New Republic has compiled a list of statements made by Palin on everything from how she wasn't paying that much attention to the Iraq War in 2007 to how she planned to mother the state of Alaska "Like a Southeast Eagle and her eaglets." Also, she was all for having an exit strategy from Iraq in 2007 and she didn't think being the mayor of Wasilla was "rocket science" because of its small size. But it's still more "executive experience" than being a damned useless community organizer. Obviously. [The New Republic]