“The girl of the period sets up to be natural, and is only rude; mistakes insolence for innocence; says everything that comes first to her lips, and thinks she is gay when she is only giddy.” ThinkingFirstsGirlNaturalMistakePeriodsGayLipsInnocenceRudeGiddyGirlhoodInsolence Book:Wit and Wisdom Source: Wit and Wisdom
“When one is five-and-twenty, one has not chalk-stones at one's finger-ends that the touch of a handsome girl should be entirely indifferent.” ShouldEndsGirlFiveStonesTwentiesFingersIndifferentHandsomeTwenty OneGirlhoodChalk Book:The Mill on the Floss Source: The Mill on the Floss
“We love a girl for very different qualities than understanding. We love her for her beauty, her youth, her mirth, her confidingness, her character, with its faults, caprices and God knows what other inexpressible charms; but we do not love her understanding.” KnowsDifferentCharacterGirlUnderstandingQualityYouthFaultsCharmGod KnowsMirthHer BeautyCapriceGirlhood Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“It's not that pink is intrinsically bad, but it is such a tiny slice of the rainbow, and, though it may celebrate girlhood in one way, it also repeatedly and firmly fuses girl's identity to appearance.” WayMayGirlIdentityAppearanceTinyCelebrateOne WayRainbowFuseGirlhood Author:Peggy Orenstein
“One must always regret that law of growth which renders necessary that kittens should spoil into demure cats, and bright, joyous school-girls develop into the spiritless, crystallized beings denominated young ladies.” ShouldSchoolLawYoungGirlGrowthRegretCatSpoilJoyousKittenYoung LadiesGirlhoodSchool GirlDemure Author:Abba Louisa Goold Woolson