She seemed the incarnation of girlish scorn and wilful

In my dealing with my child, my Latin and Greek, my accomplishments and my money stead me nothing; but as much soul as I…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man is a Creature of a wilful Head, And hardly driven is, but eas'ly led.

— Samuel Daniel

He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. He was alone and young and wilful and wildhearted, alone amid a…

— Jon Krakauer

“He was alone. He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. He was alone and young and wilful and wildhearted,…

— James Joyce

I celebrate Christmas with wilful glee.

— Robert Rinder

There was nothing girlish about me. I wore clothes hand-stitched by my mother... I had only one ear pierced and preferred loose shirts and…

— Divyanka Tripathi

“She had the swagger of a girl. She blushed like a boy. She had a girl’s toughness. She has a boy’s gentleness. She was…

— Ali Smith

“Her bosom was as a bird's, soft and slight, slight and soft as the breast of some dark-plumaged dove. But her long fair hair…

— James Joyce

I'm tempting you with fine gifts until your girlish ideals are quite worn away and you are at my mercy.

— Margaret Mitchell

I like to keep my girlish figure

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny.

— Angelina Jolie

I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. Which is a problem when I'm walking down the street.

— Angelina Jolie

“I called Nora “Nora” because she was thirty-four, more like a girl, though now that I’m thirty-six, I don’t feel at all girlish.”

— Patricia Harman

“I'm not myself,' she offered, guilty. She softened around Tik Tok, and when she did she was, for those rare moments, girlish. He smiled.…

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

“We have more patience for girls who act like boys than boys who act like girls. A tomboy is considered cute. One day she’ll…

— Lisa Unger