Girls
Quotes - I live with my guns
“In
order to properly mature and live with a healthy purpose, women and girls need
to reclaim their femininity.”
―
Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions
& Our Future
“An
obsession with youth, fame, and beauty led girls and young women to leave
behind nearly everything that made them special, unique, and important.”
―
Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions
& Our Future
“We
have allowed too much to be taken from us. Girls and women need to rediscover
their femininity.”
―
Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions
& Our Future
“Your
girlfriend won't stay pretty for long. I myself was a hot tomato, but look at
me now.
'Pretty'
goes away, but what can come in its place is 'beautiful.' And that's better. Do
you know what I mean, Arthur? Because when you look with the eyes of love, what
you see is beautiful. Even an ugly dog---you know what I mean. You've probably
seen Mr. Blesoff and his terrible little dog that I don't even know what it is.
But Mr. Blesoff acts like he's Lassie.
What
matters is not what girls look like, even though I know, I know: you're young,
you like the pretty girls, you got the engine running. But what matters is who
they are. In their soul. What you want, Arthur, is someone you see eye-to-eye
with. Someone you can laugh with. But most important, you want someone you can
cry with.”
―
Elizabeth Berg, Earth's the Right Place for Love
“I
live with my guns. The world cannot utter its gross libidinous sneers at a girl
who lives chastely with her Lee-Enfield, her Ballard, her light Winchester.”
―
John Collier, Fancies and Goodnights
“The
Dark Cloud
Is
the information that you extracted that was scary
Is
the weirdo that you thought that you wanted to marry
Is
the division that you have to make when you are hated
Is
the pressure women and teen girls face to have sex because society believes
that is how things are stated”
―
Aida Mandic, The Dark Cloud
“I
couldn’t put my finger on it, but eventually I knew: I couldn’t deliver the
demon. There was no evil child here, no bad apple. These girls were good people
who had done bad things, and for understandable, if not good, reasons. They
were not the cold, cunning creatures girl bullies are so often made out to be.”
―
Rachel Simmons, Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
“Denying
those [negative] feelings locks us away from ourselves and so from authentic
relationships with others. Denying those feelings doesn’t make them go away but
somewhere else, leaving the people around us unsure of what we mean, who we
are, and how we feel. Denying them takes us to a place others sense but do not
see. It is a place no girl deserves to be.”
―
Rachel Simmons, Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
“On
Jeju, we had a saying: If there is happiness at age three, it will last until
you reach eighty. I belived this to be true. Mi-ja, on the other hand, often
said, "I was born on a day with no sun and no moon. Did my parents know
how hard my life would be?" We could not have been more different and yet
we were very close.”
―
Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women
“On
Jeju, we had a saying: If there is happiness at age three, it will last until
you reach eighty. I believed this to be true. Mi-ja, on the other hand, often
said, "I was born on a day with no sun and no moon. Did my parents know
how hard my life would be?" We could not have been more different and yet
we were very close.”
―
Lisa See, The Island of Sea Women
“Are
you blaming my mood on my period?"
Zach's
face flushed a deeper red. "I'm just saying you don't have to feel bad
about it."
"I
don't feel bad! And, also, I didn't have my period when I first got here. But
even if I did, it's none of your business. Don’t ever blame a girl’s mood on
her period. It's like saying her feelings aren’t real because hormones are
taking over.”
―
Debbi Michiko Florence, Sweet and Sour
“Girls
were pure different from fellas. They lit the room with candles, got extra
pillows and cushions from upstairs. Big bags of M&M's and Maltesers.
Popcorn with lashings of butter.”
―
Colin Walsh, Kala
“I
was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit
happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get
strong like me.”
―
Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir
“Teach
girls to be aggressive? Well, yes. I return again to a major symptom of girls’
loss of self-esteem: idealized, or conflict-free, relationships. If we can
guide girls into comfort with “messy” feelings such as jealousy, competition,
and anger, they will be less likely to take them out of their relationships
with others. They will feel free to confess strong feelings, and they will stay
in touch with themselves. They will be less likely to repress the feelings that
over time simmer into rageful acts of cruelty.”
―
Rachel Simmons, Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
“When
I arrived at this all-white school that first day, all the white parents rushed
in and pulled out their kids. They didn't want their children going to school
with me. But why? I didn't understand. They had never met or even seen me
before now, so how could they know what kind of person I was? But none of that
mattered. I don't think they even saw a child. All they saw was the color of my
skin. I was black, and that meant I didn't matter.”
―
Ruby Bridges, This Is Your Time
“LEGAL
DISCLAIMER
Please
be advised that any resemblance between the characters portrayed in this book
and actual persons, living or deceased, is purely coincidental. However, if
they happen to owe the author a lot of money and have made multiple attempts on
his life, then the resemblance is not coincidental at all. The author does not
condone any form of violence, despite having saved multiple times, multiple
lives from those who tried to end his.”
―
Tomas Adam Nyapi, BARCELONA MARIJUANA MAFIA
“Don't
be beautiful
They
keep saying that beautiful is something a girl needs to be. But honestly? Just
forget that. Don't be beautiful. Be klutzy, be angry, be intelligent, be
interesting, be funny, be adventurous, be crazy, be talented-there is an
eternity of other things to be than beautiful. And what is beautiful anyway,
but a set of letters strung together to make a word? Be your own definition of
amazing, always. That is so much more important than being beautiful, ever.”
―
Nikita Gill
“It
reminds me that we're all fighting here, even as we smile and study and behave
like good little girls. Like Juliet. We're all fighting to control our own
destinies. Even if it ends in tragedy.”
―
Skye Warren, The Professor
“Celine
smiles sweetly. "Why would I be interested in boys," she asks the
table innocently, "when there are girls?”
―
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Twelve
