“From the minute we're born, boys and girls stare at each other, trying to figure out if they like what they see. Like parade lines, passing each other for mutual inspection. You march, you look. You march, you look. If you're interested, you stop and talk, and if it doesn't work out, you just get back in the parade. You keep marching, and you keep looking.” IfsTryingLooksGirlBornLinesBoysMinutesFiguresDatingWork OutPassingPassingsStaringMutualMarchGet BackParadesBoy And GirlInspection Author:Paul Reiser
“So what do people see when they read that well-behaved women rarely make history? Do they imagine good-time girls in stiletto heels or do-good girls carrying clipboards and passing petitions? Do they envision an out-of-control hobbyist or a single mother taking down a drunk in a bar? I suspect that it depends on where they stand themselves.” PeopleWellsMotherGirlImagineDependsBarsPassingPassingsDrunkGood TimesSuspectsHeelsPetitionsGood GirlSingle MotherStilettosClipboardsStiletto Heels Book:Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Source: Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
“One of my biggest inspirations growing up was Whitney Houston, so I was devastated to hear about her passing. I'm from East Orange, New Jersey, and started singing at New Hope Baptist Church, so she was like my fellow Jersey girl.” InspirationGirlChurchGrowing UpGrowingSingingFellowsEastPassingPassingsOrangeJerseyBaptistsNew JerseyDevastatedHoustonWhitneyNew HopeJersey Girl Author:Naturi Naughton
“The ancients waited for cherry blossoms, grieved when they were gone, and lamented their passing in countless poems. How very ordinary the poems had seemed to Sachiko when she read them as a girl, but now she knew, as well as one could know, that grieving over fallen cherry blossoms was more than a fad or convention.” KnowsWellsGirlGoneOrdinaryPassingPassingsFallenGrievingConventionsCherriesFadsCherry Blossom Book:The Makioka Sisters Source: The Makioka Sisters
“Enough of passivity and passing time while waiting for the boy friend, the girl friend, the Goddess, or the Revolution.” EnoughActionGirlWaitingBoysRevolutionPassingPassingsGoddessPassivityGirl Friend Author:Gloria E. Anzaldúa