4 Quotes & Sayings By Ainslie Hogarth

Ainslie Hogarth is a London-based author and journalist. She has written for the Guardian, The Observer and The Independent newspapers as well as UK editions of Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Glamour. Her first novel, Fast Girls, was published in the UK in 2011, and was shortlisted for the Sky Book Club Best Newcomer Award. Fast Girls was published in America in 2012 and made it onto The New York Times Best Seller list Read more

Ainslie has also written for Rookie magazine, and her articles have been published in Vogue and Elle magazines. She is currently working on her second novel.

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Hell is a library, " she said, tightening her fresh knot." That really doesn't sound bad, Julia.""That's because I'm not finished. Hell is a library of books containing every word you've ever said, and videotapes of everything you've ever done."" So what. Do you have to watch them?"" No, you don't have to. But would you be able to help yourself? It would be unbearable. I couldn't resist, but I would hate myself after." She gave the noose two good, hard tugs. "Plus, even if you could resist the temptation, you'd eventually get so bored that you'd do anything. And the only thing to read is stuff that you've said and the only thing to do is watch yourself. . Ainslie Hogarth
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Lipstick was an easy answer to boredom. It was the most exciting thing you could do in the shortest amount of time because for a second, you got to convince yourself that you were the kind of gal who wears lipstick every day. You got to pout to yourself, and trick yourself that you were glamorous. Then in a second it was over, time to wipe it off and start again. Ainslie Hogarth
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Maybe these whole woods are haunted with crushed girl ghosts and that's what I'm hearing. They're coming to check me out, make sure I'm cool. Which I'm not, so they'll be disappointed. Ainslie Hogarth