Esther M. Friesner Quotes

I didn’t know you could waste a whole day over dressmaking. The next morning I learned that you can waste another day over the same stupid dresses.

Esther M. Friesner

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• Learned
• Waste
• Dressmaker

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• I didn’t know you could waste a whole day over dressmaking. The next morning I learned that you can waste another day over the same stupid dresses.

  

  Esther M. Friesner
  • Stupid
  • Learned
  • Waste