--- title: "1 Particularly Women Quotes By M.E. Thomas" description: "1 Particularly Women quotes by M.E. Thomas. Plus more from M.E. Thomas and more Particularly Women sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/m-e-thomas-25269_family_when-you-grow-up-as-a-girl-it-is-like-th_2018179.jpg" --- > [“When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at all times, drawn by society and often religion and family and particularly other women, who somehow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/when-you-grow-up-as-a-girl-it-is-like-there-are-faint-chalk-lines/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/m-e-thomas-25269_family_when-you-grow-up-as-a-girl-it-is-like-th_2018179.jpg) ## More by M.E. Thomas > [“People like to hear words like pleasure and decadent. They think of Roman orgies or chocolate”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/people-like-to-hear-words-like-pleasure-and-decadent-they-think-of/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“It isn't enough that the bad guy is prevented from doing his bad deeds; he must suffer as much as possible. It is as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/it-isn-t-enough-that-the-bad-guy-is-prevented-from-doing-his-bad/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“While my self-image was that of a pagan god, hers was of an avenging angel”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/while-my-self-image-was-that-of-a-pagan-god-hers-was-of-an-avenging/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“Ruining people. I love the way the phrase rolls around on my tongue and inside my mouth. Ruining people is delicious. We're all hungry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/ruining-people-i-love-the-way-the-phrase-rolls-around-on-my-tongue/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“I do not expect things to go right in the world. I don’t even believe in right. I believe that everything just is. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/i-do-not-expect-things-to-go-right-in-the-world-i-don-t-even-believe/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“Outwardly I was all confidence and openness; inwardly I was spiteful and lonely and unaware of how to relate to the world. I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/outwardly-i-was-all-confidence-and-openness-inwardly-i-was-spiteful/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“One nurse thought I was "brave." I think she was talking about my steely-eyed, grin-and-bear-it kind of attitude. There were no tears, no complaints…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/one-nurse-thought-i-was-brave-i-think-she-was-talking-about-my-steely/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“We lawyers are all prestige whores”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/we-lawyers-are-all-prestige-whores/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“I'm not unhappy, for the most part, although I do think there is a certain emptiness and meaningless that I feel, sort of like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/i-m-not-unhappy-for-the-most-part-although-i-do-think-there-is-a/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“It was too late, though: I was already too smart for the therapist. Or maybe I was never amenable to therapy. Either way, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/it-was-too-late-though-i-was-already-too-smart-for-the-therapist-or/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“(Sociopaths are highly immune to depression, and this ability to tell ourselves wonderful stories about how attractive, smart, and wily we are, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/sociopaths-are-highly-immune-to-depression-and-this-ability-to-tell/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“Many sociopaths use the shortcut of “anything goes,” or “I am only in it for me.” These sociopaths have decided that the rational way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/many-sociopaths-use-the-shortcut-of-anything-goes-or-i-am-only-in-it/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“I often wish I could just passively watch people without being expected to participate myself, like television.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/i-often-wish-i-could-just-passively-watch-people-without-being/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/when-you-grow-up-as-a-girl-it-is-like-there-are-faint-chalk-lines/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) > [“Asked to choose between having power and giving up power to a “trusted” entity, people often prefer to give it up rather than have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-e-thomas/asked-to-choose-between-having-power-and-giving-up-power-to-a-trusted/) [M.E. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-e-thomas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/particularly-women/m-e-thomas/#itemlist", "name": "1 Particularly Women Quotes By M.E. 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