Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides

“We were girls in plaid skirts, loud and obnoxious, driving with the windows down. Capable students, nailing honor roll every year, despite our reputation.…

— Colleen Curran

“Watching, she had felt unusually and keenly alive, alive the way a knife is sharp, so that the humiliation she was enduring was perfect,…

— Sonya Hartnett

“Other girls play with soft toys,” I said, “and you play with knives…”

— Jess C. Scott

“It was good to know that when swords failed, simple girl tactics always worked - even on monsters.”

— Courtney Allison Moulton

“Girls is a fine example of someone writing what she knows and the painful limitations of doing so.”

— Roxane Gay

“Here stands a girl clutching a knife. There is grease on the stove, blood in the air, and angry words piled in the corners.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“I couldn’t bear to be talked about. Some girls are shiny-sharp enough to not be damaged, but I didn’t think I would be.”

— Kirsty Eagar

“Guns, she was reminded then, were not for girls. They were for boys. They were invented by boys. They were invented by boys who…

— Lorrie Moore

“America today limits girls’ development, truncates their wholeness and leaves many of them traumatized.”

— Mary Pipher

“Girls love each other like animals. There is something ferocious and unself-conscious about it. We don't guard ourselves like we do with boys. No…

— Leah Raeder

“In my day, girls were robust, strapping creatures, not twigs like they are nowadays.”

— Cassandra Clare

“Intelligent teenage girls were often instinctively theatrical, purposely eccentric, mouthing highly suggestive words to confuse people.”

— Haruki Murakami