# Mildred Pierce

- Author: [James M. Cain](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-m-cain.md)
- Quotes: 7
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-m-cain/mildred-pierce

## Quotes

> If you have to do it, you can do it.

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> A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery. But it does have to be furnished with things that mean something to you.

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> She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-m-cain/mildred-pierce/she-was-a-little.md)

> A receptionist is a lazy dame that can’t do anything on earth, and wants to sit out front where everybody can watch her do it.

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> By nine, Mildred was powdered, puffed, perfumed, and patted to that state of semi-transparency that a woman seems to achieve when she is really dressed to go out.

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> He was enthusiastic about everything, but when she came in with the pie he grew positively lyrical.

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> The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.

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