“And there was some trouble with Oliver Cowdery, and whisper said it was relating to a girl then living in his family; and I was afterwards told by Warren Parish, that he himself and Oliver Cowdery did not that Joseph had Fannie Alger as wife, for they were spied upon and found together. And I can now see that at Nauvoo, so at Kirtland, that the suspicion or knowledge of the Prophet's plural relation was one of the causes of apostasy and disruption at Kirtland, although at the time there was little said publicly on the subject.” LittlesSaidI CanTogetherGirlFoundCausesWifeTroubleSubjectsRelationProphetSuspicionDisruptionPolygamyParishApostasy Author:Benjamin F. Johnson
“Girls face two major sexual issues in America in the 1990s: One is an old issue of coming to terms with their own sexuality, defining a sexual self, making sexual choices and learning to enjoy sex. The other issue concerns the dangers girls face of being sexually assaulted. By late adolescence, most girls today either have been traumatized or know girls who have. They are fearful of males even as they are trying to develop intimate relations with them.” KnowsTryingHas BeensTwoSelfTodayAmericaFacesChoicesGirlSexEnjoyTermIssuesDangerLateMajorsConcernRelationMalesSexualityIntimateFearfulAdolescenceDefiningSexually Author:Mary Pipher
“You know I really don't like to think about the fact that I'm a girl in relation to the music industry. I was just a kid who wrote down thoughts to organize her brain and that turned into music, like any other writer or musician... so, I happen to be a girl. I don't consider that part of it really.. It may disappoint some feminists out there that I don't want to harp on women and men being equal.” ThinkingKnowsMenWantMayFactsHappensKidsGirlBrainIndustryEqualMusicianMen And WomenRelationFeministOrganizeDisappointMusic IndustryHarpsBeing Equal Author:Lacey Mosley
“I might think that equality has been achieved, there is no power relation going on in terms of class, race, or gender, I might just want to drink my latte and buy pretty shoes and write books about girls who marry, die, or go insane, then go get my nails done.” ThinkingWantWritingHas BeensBookDoneMightDiesGirlTermRaceClassDrinkRelationShoesGenderInsaneNailsLattesNails Done Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“Most of the bio men on earth were born to women, so it's pretty ordinary! But I think because I had come from a matriarchy - my father died when I was young, and I only have a sister and a stepsister - when I told my mom and my sister that I was having a boy, they were both like, "That does not compute within our family relation!" It was like, "Girls only here!" Now that all seems very strange to me.” ThinkingMenEarthGirlFatherBoysStrangeMomRelationMy MomOur FamilyMy SisterFather DiedMy Father Died Author:Maggie Nelson
“Yes, 'Black Girl/White Girl' might be described as a 'coming-of-age' novel, at least for the survivor Genna. It is also intended as a comment on race relations in America more generally: we are 'roommates' with one another, but how well do we know one another?” KnowsWellsMightAgeAmericaGirlBlackWhiteRaceNovelRelationComing Of AgeSurvivorCommentRace RelationsRoommateBlack GirlWhite Girl Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“I'm an ugly girl, My face makes you hurl, Sad I have it, I should bag it. Acne everywhere, Unwanted facial hair. I'm a relation to Frankenstein's creation.” ShouldFacesGirlCreationHairRelationUglyBagsUnwantedFacialAcneFacial HairUgly Girl Author:Al Yankovic
“- the ethereal, fine-nerved, sensitive girl, quite unfitted by temperament and instinct to fulfil the conditions of the matrimonial relation with Phillotson, possibly with scarce any man.” MenGirlConditionsFineRelationInstinctSensitiveTemperamentScarceEthereal Book:JUDE THE OBSCURE (British Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel Source: JUDE THE OBSCURE (British Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel
“Oh," the girl said, shaking her head. "Don't be so simple. People adore monsters. They fill their songs and stories with them. They define themselves in relation to them. You know what a monster is, young shade? Power. Power and choice. Monsters make choices. Monsters shape the world. Monsters force us to become stronger, smarter, better. They sift the weak from the strong and provide a forge for the steeling of souls. Even as we curse monsters, we admire them. Seek to become them, in some ways." Her eyes became distant. "There are far, far worse things to be than a monster.” PeopleKnowsWorldWaySaidSoulStoriesEyeYoungSongChoicesGirlStrongForceSimpleShapesWeakRelationStrongerMonstersAdmireCurseShadeSmarterHer EyesAdoreShaking Author:Jim Butcher
“The girls said she was too cynical about love, but how could you not be? On the surface, relations between men and women were all soft kisses and white gowns and hand-holding. But underneath they were a scary, complicated, ugly mess, just waiting to rise to the surface.” MenSaidHandsGirlWaitingWhiteKissingMen And WomenRelationScaryUglyComplicatedSurfaceMessCynicalGownsHand HoldingWhite Gown Book:Commencement Source: Commencement