Loraine Despres Quotes

Loraine Despres is a novelist and screenwriter. Her novels The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc and The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell were Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club featured selections. Despres wrote episodes for many top network TV shows including The Highlander, The Equalizer, Knots Landing and Dynasty. Most famously, she wrote the Who shot J.R.? episode of Dallas. Wikipedia

✵ 26. February 1938

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Loraine Despres Quotes

“Love is like cigarettes. It gives you a little pleasure while you're at it, but leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth and a pain in your chest.”

Loraine Despres

Source: The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By

“A girl can stand just so much virtue.”

Loraine Despres

The Southern Belle's Handbook: Sissy LeBlanc's Rules to Live By

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