Girls
Quotes - Some girls see money
“A
house is a kind of box you put a girl in.”
―
Catherynne M. Valente, Six-Gun Snow White
“She
was those women, those girls, every one of them. And none of them were her.”
―
Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer
“Ntozake
Shange tells us it's not so good to be born a girl. She does not object to
being born a girl. She objects to what it means when you are born a girl. She
objects to the way that girls are treated. She objects to the way that our
dreams are stifled. She objects to the way that we are not taken seriously, we
are there as some sort of plaything,”
―
Nikki Giovanni, Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking At The Harlem
Renaissance Through Poems
“Even
on that first, clear afternoon, the dark earth between the gravel paths and the
deep green of towering pine, fir, and spruce trees contained the memory of
recent snow and rain. The ocean at the far end of the camp was the color of
slate.
Everything
Siobhan was wearing was brand new: a black fleece she’d chosen for its silver
heart-shaped zipper pull, her first pair of hiking boots, even her underwear.
She felt a thrilling, terrifying dissolution of self. She was far from her
parents, her classmates, anyone who had ever known here. She was curious to
find out who she would be.”
―
Kim Fu, The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
“Most
of the cadets accepted an invitation to attend a reception at the Venezuelan
Naval Academy in La Guaira. Don Silke and I had other ideas and figured on
getting a cab to the capital city of Caracas. The ride would take about a half
hour, if the car did not overheat going over the mountain pass on the newly
constructed highway. The capital city had an elevation of 7,083 feet and we
were at sea level. As we stepped off the gangway, I noticed two stunningly
beautiful girls standing on the concrete dock looking at the ship. Neither of
us could figure out why the girls were there. Perhaps they were tourists, but I
would find out. Approaching them, I asked if we could help, but soon discovered
that they didn’t speak English and we didn’t speak what seemed to be French. It
could have led to an impasse but my knowledge of German saved the day. It
turned out that both girls were from France and one of them came from the
Alsace Province and spoke German. They were both quite bubbly and we soon found
out that they were dancers with the Folies Bergère, on tour to South America.
From what I understood, they would be performing in Caracas that night and
could get us free tickets. It all sounded great except that we had to be back
aboard by 10:00 p.m., since the ship would be leaving first thing in the
morning. Rats! You win some and you lose some, but at least we were with them
for now. Don and I offered to take them aboard for lunch. It all seemed
exciting for them to board a ship with so many single men. Ooh là là . The girls
attracted a lot of attention and the ship’s photographer couldn’t stop taking
pictures. The rest of our classmates couldn’t believe what they saw and of
course thought that we were luckier than we really were. For us, the illusion
had to be enough and fortunately the lunch served that day was reasonably
good.”
―
Captain Hank Bracker, "Salty & Saucy Maine"
“My
mind set off in fear and trepidation. Where are the babies and girls in Trump's
gulag? I'm a speculative fiction writer. I write horror. There are entirely too
many scenarios to mention that gravely concern this iniquitous policy.”
―
A.K. Kuykendall
“On
realising what has been said, for Jason, Adam might as well have bought out a
gun. “No WAY man.” Jason yelps, before controlling himself. He nearly ends up
wearing the meal for a hat, not forgetting earning some pretty hard glares –
not that he seems to care. “Not everyone is as insane as you.” He continues in
a hushed whisper, scooping onto his plate some very soggy and watery-looking
peas. ”You can’t just go up to a girl and tell them that you like them,
especially not Jen. That’s complete and utter madness. MADNESS. She’d
flip...badly.” Jason concludes. “She’d flip…then she’d kill me with whatever
was nearby and knowing Jen, that could be ANYTHING!”
―
Adele Rose, Damned
“The
Senior Ball was upon us and I didn’t have a date. Having spent my high school
years attending this school didn’t help. Perhaps I should have invited Thelma.
Now, that would have been something! Looking back I wonder what would have
happened if I had? Everyone at the school knew Thelma, and Ridell High, being a
snobbish school in a snobbish town, would certainly have ostracized the two of
us. Besides, Thelma was just a little too old for me and I was just too chicken
to bring the town’s hottest girl to the schools biggest function.”
―
Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One"
“Taste
***
Girls
Before
marriage are sweet
After
marriage are bitter
In
both situations
If
they are angry
They
are sour
Unfortunately,
They
are tasteless
After
divorce.”
―
Ehsan Sehgal
“Children
interested Miss Peters, especially when she found one that had not been run
into a mold or cut out of a given piece of cloth and made up like a flannel
rabbit.”
―
Ruth Sawyer, Roller Skates
“Too
often girls cover up their highlights instead of their shadows. And too often
the right boys are too late to notice.”
―
Giovannie de Sadeleer
“Some
girls see money, some girls see power, some girls see art, and some girls see
potential, but at the end of the day, they are all seeking security.”
―
Robert Black
“We
used to say, we’re no beauties, because it was impossible to tell the truth. In
bed, we were beauties. We were goddesses. We were the little girls we’d never
been: loved, saucy, delighted, and delightful.”
―
Amy Bloom, White Houses
