“When assaulted by sexual knowledge for the first time, a girl plunges into a period of blackness, which is required in order to let her emotions catch up with her body. Sleeping Beauty sleeps. Cinderella waits, and while she waits… — Joan Gould Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is the alchemy that turns an adolescent into an adult. Adolescents are profoundly lonely, but believe that their pangs will be solved by… — Joan Gould Copy Share Image
“When assaulted by sexual knowledge for the first time, a girl plunges into a period of blackness, which is required in order to let… — Joan Gould Copy Share Image
“His [(Rumpelstiltskin)] feeling that his name, which is his identity, must be kept secret, or else he'll be revealed to the world as the… — Joan Gould Copy Share Image
![“His [(Rumpelstiltskin)] feeling that his name, which is his identity, must be kept secret, or else he'll be revealed to the world as the hunchbacked, shriveled, ridiculous creature he knows himself to be. And if that happens, he'll disappear.” quote by Joan Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/665/joan-gould-65011_analysis_his-rumpelstiltskin-feeling-that-his-nam_1714353.jpg)
