Contemporary literature Quote by Alexia Purdy

“Young girls like the excess of any quality. Without knowing, they want to suffer, to suffer they must exaggerate; they like to have loud…

— Elizabeth Bowen

“We talk about the disappointments of early adolescence - the betrayals by friends, the discovery that one is not beautiful by cultural standards, the…

— Mary Pipher

“Girls like us we know of no other way to love; it takes everything we have.”

— R.Hart N

“Young girls live in mythology.Their music, their moves, their relationships. Heartbreak makes them feel grown-up. Nothing a young girl wants more than to feel…

— Micah Nathan

I want young girls to know that their passions are important and that they should pursue them, regardless of whether or not they think…

— Marley Dias

“As for girls, they must risk everything for freedom, and give everything for passion... loving everything that their hearts and their bodies love. The…

— Roman Payne

“Many of the most accomplished girls are disconnecting from the truest parts of themselves, sacrificing essential self-knowledge to the pressure of who they think…

— Rachel Simmons

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I want young girls to be inspired to love themselves and strive to follow their dreams no matter what.

— Nia Jax

“As for you girls, you must risk everything for Freedom, and give everything for Passion, loving everything that your hearts and your bodies love.…

— Roman Payne

“Once upon a long ago time I was a girl with hopeful halos in my eyes—not unlike you—not a typical beauty but beautiful nonetheless,…

— Shannon Celebi

“I wondered what it would be like, to love a girl, to know how a girl thinks, to see the world through a girl's…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz