“It's very cool to be short, very cool. When I was in eighth grade, and the height I am now, I would just look at the cute little short girls and think, 'If only, if only.” IfsThinkingLooksLittlesGirlCuteHeightGradesVery CoolEighth GradeShort Girl Author:Alison McGhee
“Height isn't something you can have and just let be, like nice teeth or naturally curly hair. People have this idea you have to put it to use, playing basketball, for example, or observing the weather up there. If you are a girl, they feel a particular need to point your height out to you, as if you might not have noticed.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsIdeasUseBodyMightGirlNiceExampleParticularHairBasketballSizeTeethWeatherHeightObservingPlaying BasketballCurly HairNice Teeth Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“When my reputation was at its height, classmates insulted me right to my face as I walked down the hall. When a teacher called on me, boys snickered and girls rolled their eyes. My body and face burned. I felt mortified. I contemplated suicide.” BodyEyeFacesGirlFeltBoysTeacherSuicideReputationHeightHallsBurnedInsultedClassmates Author:Leora Tanenbaum
“It is no religion to have for one's wife a girl who is fit only to sit in one's lap, it is the height of irreligion.” ReligionGirlWifeFitHeightLapIrreligion Author:Mahatma Gandhi