Slumflower Quotes

Anytime you find yourself in an environment that dilutes your self-esteem, picture four-year-old you and try your best to be her hero.

You are allowed to outgrow people, and people are allowed to outgrow you.

The biggest mistake you can make is to allow yourself to be sidetracked by people who would never be willing to stay with you during the storm they create in your life through their own selfishness.

Boredom is the ideal breeding ground for bad decisions. A lot of regrettable scenarios can be avoided if you just buckle down, focus on your goals, and try not to give in to temporary temptations that will only distract and delay you from achieving the things you deserve.

Marie-Galante. A fancy name. Nobility? It wouldn’t shock him if she were. Or not. A slumflower, perhaps. No matter, she was stunning, glamorous. Exceptionally plucked, buffed and smoothed. She had come to his cabin, sable coat and bare feet, as she’d promised at dinner. A glance, a low purr of a voice in lovely French, just enough, as her husband, a Vichy diplomat, worked at conversation with the Bulgarian captain and his first officer. So, no surprise, a few minutes after midnight: three taps, pearlescent fingernail on iron door and, when it opened, an eloquent Bonsoir.