Girls
Quotes - It's not very easy to grow up into a woman
“Oh,
you mysterious girls, when you are fifty-two we shall find you out; you must
come into the open then. If the mouth has fallen sourly yours the blame: all
the meanness your youth concealed have been gathering in your face. But the
pretty thoughts and sweet ways and dear, forgotten kindnesses linger there
also, to bloom in your twilight like evening primroses.”
―
J.M. Barrie
“Words
can be worrisome, poeple complex, motives and manners unclear, grant her the
wisdom to choose her path right, free from unkindness and fear.”
―
Neil Gaiman, Blueberry Girl
“All
really interesting girls invent themselves.”
―
Anna Godbersen, Bright Young Things
“It
was frankly sort of confusing, the way everyone stared at our bodies exactly as
they tried to erase the ideas of our bodies from our minds. We were supposed to
get over ourselves but no one was supposed to get over us. The female body was
our worst handicap and our best advantage -- the surest means to success, the
surest course to failure. (p. 72)”
―
Hilary Thayer Hamann, Anthropology of an American Girl
“As
Buckingham talked, I couldn't help but remember that there's a reason they call
us Gallagher Girls. It's not just because the youngest of us are twelve. It's
also because our founder was under twenty. From the very beginning we have been
discounted and discredited, underestimated and undervalued. And, for the most
part, we wouldn't have it any other way.”
―
Ally Carter, Out of Sight, Out of Time
“Ergo:
girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole,
less likely to be rejected than guys, (b) that way, girls will never get kissed
unless they want to be kissed.”
―
John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
“I
was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined
things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like
one I could just go off and find some to play with.”
―
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“To
tell the truth, girls are no longer the way they used to be. They play
gangsters, nowadays, just like boys. They organize rackets. They plan holdups
and practice karate. They will rape defenseless adolescents. They wear pants...
Life has become impossible.”
―
Alain Robbe-Grillet, Djinn
“I
can't over-emphasize how important an exquisite perfume is, to be wrapped and
cradled in an enchanting scent upon your skin is a magic all on its own! The
notes in that precious liquid will remind you that you love yourself and will
tell other people that they ought to love you because you know that you're
worth it. The love affair created by a good perfume between you and other
people, you and nature, you and yourself, you and your memories and
anticipations and hopes and dreams; it is all too beautiful a thing!”
― C.
JoyBell C.
“The
girl says "Oh uh-uh, wait a minute! Wait a minute! Just because I'm
dressed this way does not make me a whore!" Which is true, Gentlemen, that
is true. Just because they dress a certain way doesn't mean they are a certain
way. Don't even forget it. But ladies, you must understand that is fucking
confusing. It just is. Now that would be like me, Dave Chappelle, the comedian,
walking down the street in a cop uniform. Somebody might run up on me saying,
"Oh, thank God. Officer, help us! Come on. They're over here. Help
us!" "Oh-hoh! Just because I'm dressed this way does not make me a
police officer!" See what I mean? All right, ladies, fine. You are not a
whore. But you are wearing a whore's uniform.”
―
Dave Chappelle
“Girls
can be so petty and jealous. I swear they're worse than guys sometimes. Except
they're all quiet about it. They sugarcoat it or else they talk behind each
other's backs. It's seriously twisted.”
―
Melody Carlson, The Jerk Magnet
“Sleeping
with another girl does not always mean you are a lesbian, sometimes it just
means the central heating needs fixing”
―
Amy Mah, Fangs Rule: A Girls Guide to Being a Vampire
“-
You look fine.
-
Right. I look fine. Except I don't, said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's
nightshirt. This was why Kiki had dreaded having girls: she knew she wouldn't
be able to protect them from self-disgust. ”
―
Zadie Smith, On Beauty
“...ducks
and geese are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls can take care
of themselves.”
―
Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
“It's
not very easy to grow up into a woman. We are always taught, almost bombarded,
with ideals of what we should be at every age in our lives: "This is what
you should wear at age twenty", "That is what you must act like at
age twenty-five", "This is what you should be doing when you are
seventeen." But amidst all the many voices that bark all these orders and
set all of these ideals for girls today, there lacks the voice of assurance.
There is no comfort and assurance. I want to be able to say, that there are
four things admirable for a woman to be, at any age! Whether you are four or
forty-four or nineteen! It's always wonderful to be elegant, it's always
fashionable to have grace, it's always glamorous to be brave, and it's always
important to own a delectable perfume! Yes, wearing a beautiful fragrance is in
style at any age!”
― C.
JoyBell C.
“For
so many years, I couldn’t understand why every time I thought that someone
finally loved me, like… for real, they would eventually turn to vapor. Every
person whom I’ve ever loved is trapped inside of my chest. I’ve breathed all of
them in so deeply that I’ve nearly choked and died on every soul that I’ve ever
given myself to.”
―
Jennifer Elisabeth, Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl
“But
what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find
you. Girls are cool that way.”
―
Adriana Trigiani, Viola in Reel Life
