Цитаты из книги Girlhood

The only consolation is that I`ve been through worse things in my life. When the worst thing you can possibly imagine has already happened, everything else pales into insignificance. And if I keep telling myself that enough times, maybe I`ll start to believe it.

"You do realize there is precisely zero chance of my taking your advice?" "Oh yes," she says cheerfully. "But that doesn`t make my advice any less excellent."

"Harper, I want you to listen to me, OK? You listen," she says, fiercely. "What happened to Jenna was no one`s fault, least of all yours. And I will tell you that every damn day if I have to, until I`m sure that you believe it." It wasn`t my fault. I know that they believe it, but I don`t. Not yet. Still, a hope flickers…

You gave me the benefit of a doubt. You gave me a second chance. Don`t you think you deserve the same?

I don`t fit in. I never have. Mum said it was good to be different — said I marched to the beat of my own drum or something — but it isn`t good. People don`t like it when you`re different. They like you to be the same as them and I try so hard but it never seems to work.

Groups of girls have always frightened me. They always seem to want to hurt you and put you down. They`re... cruel.

"Now go find out where our fucking photos are. That Polaroid one is the only decent photo ever taken of me." "The beach one? But it`s all blurry!" Rowan nods sagely. "Exactly."

In class, she`s more focused than ever, asking the teachers for extra reading and not caring when the others take the piss. She always seems to be in the library every time I go in, brow furrowed in concentration. Sometimes I think it would be nice to care that much about the future. I try to ignore the unpleasant thought…

"Why does she hate you so much?" "Who knows? I`m just lucky, I guess." "This isn`t funny!" I link my arm through hers to slow her down a bit. "I`m sorry. I know it`s not funny. And I do appreciate you sticking up for me back there. But Marcy doesn`t matter. People like her always have to choose someone to go after — it`s…

"How did you know that you like girls as well as boys?" Kirsty asks. <...> I`m used to being asked the question; it`s one of the joys of being bisexual. Funny that people never seem to ask it the other way round — how I knew I liked boys as well as girls — because that couldn`t possibly be the case, right? I`ve never been…