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The Female of the Species

Book by Mindy McGinnis · 7 quotes · Athletics, Body, Boys

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“You see it in all animals - the female of the species is more deadly than the male.' 'Except humans.”

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“I’m man enough to know I shouldn’t let her do this shit to me, but enough of a boy to be completely turned on.”

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“I don't like to come home. Other houses have warmth in them, the lines between the people who live there humming with unspent energy ready to unreel. Conversations from the past still hover in the air, waiting for the threads to be picked up again. The air here is cold, empty to the point of sterility. When I hear my name it's shocking, a word that isn't spoken. Taboo.”

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“Now that it’s been said, I feel like everything else, no matter how horrible, is manageable.”

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“And I hug her again. Because I just can’t stop touching this girl.”

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“I run. I am made for running. Because when you run, you could be anyone. You hone yourself into a body, nothing more or less than a body. You respond as a body, to the body. If you are racing to win, no goals but the body's goal; no thoughts but the boy's thoughts. You obliterate yourself in the name of speed. You negate yourself in order to make it past the finish line.”

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“I want to reach inside and pluck the darkness out of her”

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