Quotes of: Boys-and-girls Keyword

One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.

Jewish

I carried [Rudy] softly through the broken street...with him I tried a little harder [at comforting]. I watched the contents of his soul for a moment and saw a black-painted boy calling the name Jesse Owens as he ran through an imaginary tape. I saw ...

The Book Thief

And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she thought she was fat. And how she really wasn’t fat. And how she was actually very pretty. And how different her face looked when she realized boys t...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Lt. General Frederick "Boy" Browning: Hello, Roy. How are you? Maj. General Roy Urqhart: I'm not sure I'll know for a while. But I'm sorry about how it turned out. Lt. General Frederick "Boy" Browning: You did all you could. Maj. General Roy Urqhart:...

A Bridge Too Far

Little mouse," a voice said through the keyhole. "Don't you know the more you wriggle, the greater the cat's delight?

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Keep going' she told herself, 'Don't look back.' But she looked anyways.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

You said you were allowed to lose it,' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Better to leave him with the memory of their being a pair of monsters, wrapped in each other's arms.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

When Tana was six, vampires were Muppets, endlessly counting, or cartoon villains in black cloaks with red polyester lining.

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Instead I sounded like a little girl on her first day of kindergarten. My name is Bee, and I like coloring and horsies.

The Curse Girl

We watched Vamps hunting Vamps, Vamp hunters and Witches torching Vamps, teenage girls kissing Vamps. And we giggled and swooned through it all.

Consume

You're a brave, brave girl, Tula" Gaby told her. "I know", said the little girl. "I got it from you.

The Christmas Wedding

There are 6 reasons that a person does anything: Love, faith, greed, boredom, fear... revenge.

Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

I am done slowing down, giving people their time and space, letting them explore their options.

Every Girl's Guide to Heartache

While she was in transit, being unattached was exhilarating, but the moment she stopped, so did the high.

Eight Girls Taking Pictures

What a comfort to know that God is a poet.

Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions

If the existentialists are right, that life is meaningless, and if we acknowledge that, we are better equipped to find pleasure in small things.

A Girl's Adventure

Is a few hours of hell-raising, or respite from life's toil worth this every morning?

The Girl Behind the Painted Smile: My battle with the bottle

He was a Frenchman, a melancholy-looking man. His aspect was that of one who has been looking for the leak in a gas pipe with a lighted candle.

The Girl in Blue

Follow Your Dreams, Except the One Where You’re at School in Your Underwear

A Girl Named Digit

The stench that surrounded me suggested that the tarp over my face had been previously used either to transport fertiliser or as toilet paper.

A Girl Named Digit