Love, Playing Checkers, Jackie “Moms” Mabley

“Love is like playing checkers. You have to know which man to move.” - Jackie “Moms” Mabley. A Mom, but not a Mabley, at the outset of her career, the Apollo theater legend lifted her last name from Beau #1, who owed her for certain favors.

Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 76.

Solitary, Art of Loving, Bell Hooks

“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” - Bell Hooks

Found on InspiringQuotes at https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/1212-bell-hooks.

Temporary Insanity, Ironing, Clothes, Sue Kolinsky

“I don't buy temporary insanity as a murder defense. Breaking into someone's home and ironing all their clothes is temporary insanity.” - Sue Kolinsky

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 52.

Doctor, Plants, Erma Bombeck

“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.” - Erma Bombeck

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 50.

Deny Laughter, Stays, Stephen King

"You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants." - Stephen King

Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/stephen_king_106358.

Affects Males, Serious, Female Half, Gloria Steinem

“Anything that affects males is often seen as more serious than anything that affects 'only' the female half of the human race.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 109.

Man Who's Warm, Freezing, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Can a man who's warm understand one who's freezing?” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/19771050.Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn.