“I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That’s the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty… you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are. Girls. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can.”— J. D. Salinger, amazon.com
“We girls, we're tough, darling. Soft on the outside but, deep down, we're tough.”— Kristen Ashley, amazon.com
“I had willingly entered into an unwinnable chess game, casting myself in the role of the young, dumb literary stereotype because at least I would get a chance to exist at all.”— Dana Schwartz, observer.com
“We celebrate the Kate Middletons and the Amal Clooney’s for being chosen, or, in the active voice, for landing, an accomplished man. Amal Clooney is a spectacularly accomplished woman in her own right, but how many other esteemed human rights lawyers can you name? Had you heard of Amal Almuddin befo…”— Dana Schwartz, observer.com
“I was happy to trade my youth, my body for the opportunity to feel seen and to feel special.”— Dana Schwartz, observer.com
“Don't settle for just anyone. Choose the girl that doesn't come easy; the one you have to fight for, and then never stop fighting. Never.”— Jamie McGuire, amazon.com
“'Modesty is invisibility,' said Aunt Lydia. 'Never forget it. To be seen, to be SEEN, is to be,' her voice trembled, 'Penetrated. What you must be, girls, is impenetrable.'”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“She found herself sympathizing more with the stray dogs she saw than the poverty-stricken people.”— Brian Hiatt, rollingstone.com
“Shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way -- never to be an old woman -- but then -- always to have lessons to learn!”— Lewis Carroll, amazon.com
“A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.”— Jack Kerouac, amazon.com
“I can't be a princess! I'm still waiting for normal body parts to arrive!”— Gina Wendkos, Mia, Anne Hathaway, imdb.com
“Okay. Settle. She's just a girl. Just a girl. She wants to keep it casual, which is why she's in my bed right now. But that's casual. That's what casual people do. That's fine. That's great.”— Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom, amazon.com
“Why is it pretty girls think they can treat people like crap and get away with it?”— Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom, amazon.com
“Any mean thing someone's gonna think of to say about me I've already said to me, about me, probably in the last half hour.”— Lena Dunham, Hannah Horvath, amazon.com