“When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her.”
Adriana Trigiani (1970) American film director
“Voodoo girl
But she knows she has a curse on her,
a curse she cannot win.
For if someone gets too close to her,
the pins stick farther in.”
Variant: But she knows she has a curse on her,
a curse she cannot win.
For if someone gets too close to her,
the pins stick further in.
Source: The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
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