Girls
Quotes - Do everything you can to get men to look at you
“Forgiveness
is not about you or your past. It is about you releasing your great future.
Your future is better than your past.”
―
Dele Andersen, The Healing Méndez
“That
evening the sexes of the quadrilles were reversed, with all the little girls as
sailors, and all the little boys as grisettes – it was a ravishing sight.
Nothing inflames lust like this sensual little switch: one is pleased to find
in a little boy that which makes him resemble a little girl, and a girl is much
more alluring when, in order to please, she borrows from the sex one would
prefer her to have.”
―
Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom
“Do
everything you can to get men to look at you, and when they do, pretend they
don't exist. Because only a slut looks back. Is that perfectly clear? Early
lesson on the female condition.”
―
Sigrid Nunez, A Feather on the Breath of God
“Your
whole picture of the world broke," he said, "and you felt like you
had gone mad."
"Yes."
"And
I didn't even notice."
"Boys.
They notice nothing.”
―
Salman Rushdie, Quichotte
“But
they tell you that if you hate yourself hard enough, you can grab just a tail
feather or two of perfection. Chasing perfection was your duty and your
birthright, as a woman, and I would never know what it was like—this thing,
this most important thing for girls.”
―
Lindy West, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
“girls,
it seemed, were just like magpies.”
―
Samantha Shannon, Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy
“I
don't believe they're very nice to girls; they're not nice to them in the
novels.”
―
Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
“If
you want to live longer,
Stay
away from girls and sugar!”
―
Md. Ziaul Haque
“For
little girls, their first love should always be their dad, but that isn't
always the case.”
―
Nicholas Sparks, Two by Two
“Girls
had changed. They had liberated themselves from their corsets only to throw
themselves at the tyranny of the "diet plan." They were all coltish
legs, bound chests and smooth scalps. They no longer whispered behind their
hands and hid behind shy glances. They joked and drank, smoked and swore with
the boys. Waistlines had slipped, fabrics were thin and morals were thinner.”
―
Kate Morton, The House at Riverton
“Have
you told anyone?” asked Kara. “Your parents?”
“Not
yet,” said Maddy. “I wanted to finish this first. I had to.”
“Yeah,”
said August. “If I had something like that hanging around my gut, I’d want to
get it out too. It’s like the end of the world.”
“And
the beginning,” said Maddy.”
―
Beth Goobie, The Pain Eater
“Even
if your group of five was a harmonious, perfect community, there are always
things that only girls can discuss between themselves.”
―
Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
“What
you think determines which outfit's okay. Don't judge your appearance by what
others say.”
―
Patricia Toht, Dress Like a Girl
“A
womanizer has no better fish to fry if employed as a teacher in a girls’ high
school.”
―
Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“You're
a beautiful flower, fall fearlessly.”
―
Akash S. Bansal, Desires and Destiny
“We
waited for our periods with excitement! ...We were delighted by the different
silky weaves, the various crotch-conforming shapes, and the promise they held:
The future is coming.”
―
Ariel Levy, The Rules Do Not Apply
“BLUEBERRY
GIRL
Ladies
of light and ladies of darkness and ladies of never you mind,
This
is a prayer for a blueberry girl.
First,
may you ladies be kind.
Keep
her from spindles and sleeps at sixteen,
Nightmares
at three or bad husbands at thirty,
These
will not trouble her eyes.
Dull
days at forty, false friends at fifteen–
Let
her have brave days and truth,
Let
her go places that we’ve never been, trust and delight in her youth.
Ladies
of grace and ladies of favor and ladies of merciful night,
This
is a prayer for a blueberry girl.
Grant
her your clearness of sight.
Words
can be worrisome, people complex, motives and manners unclear,
Grant
her the wisdom to choose her path right, free from unkindness and fear. Let her
tell stories and dance in the rain, somersault, tumble & run,
Her
joys must be high as her sorrows are deep.
Let
her grow like a weed in the sun.
Ladies
of paradox, ladies of measure, ladies of shadow that fall,
This
is a prayer for a blueberry girl.
Words
written clear on a wall.
Help
her to help herself, help her to stand, help her to lose and to find,
Teach
her we’re only as big as our dreams.
Show
her that fortune is blind.
Truth
is a thing she must find for herself, precious and rare as a pearl.
Give
her all these and a little bit more:
Gifts
for a blueberry girl.”
―
Neil Gaiman
“I
had wanted more, and I had not wanted more. A familiar old tale, from the lives
of girls.”
―
Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls
“I
probably didn't need to worry so much. There are some girls that nobody looks
for. Turns out, I was one of those girls.”
―
Sara Hosey, Iphigenia Murphy
“Girls
eat better when food stops being something forbidden.”
―
Bee Wilson, First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“The
general opinion was that young girls were flighty and far too eager to forget
their responsibilities and disobey their elders.”
―
Catherine Lloyd, Death Comes to the Village
“Sean
had shaken his head when he heard. 'That girl's a lunatic,' he's said. 'Man,
you got to cut her loose. Her mood ring's gone permanently black, you know what
I mean?”
―
Pagan Kennedy, The Exes
