“it just breaks / a man's heart, watching / a girl so involved with her life, / without him like that.” MenHeartGirlBreakInvolved Book:The Beautiful: Collected Poems Source: The Beautiful: Collected Poems
“You try to be good, to be good and loving and nice and not hard, not tough, a sweet nice girl, not ugly, not full of ugliness, but people make it impossible.” PeopleTryingHardGirlNiceImpossibleSweetToughUglyBe GoodUglinessNice Girl Author:Michelle Tea
“How do you make a girl know she's beautiful? What is the system for that, what do you show her, how do you give her a new set of eyes and turn her face back to the mirror?” KnowsGivingShowsEyeBeautifulFacesTurnsGirlMirrors Book:The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America Source: The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America
