She's very brave the way she tackles this in the book. She's been given a lot of flak from the right, saying, 'Who'd want you?' But she does deal well with the imperfect fit between men and women. If she was a man, she'd have a ton of people throwing themselves at her.
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Related You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Shes become the heart and soul of the team. Shes the true center half weve been missing the five yea... EVA LANG She's in a very tough spot, either way it goes. Let's say she doesn't prosecute. There's been a lot ... DAVID BEITO A woman must continually watch herself. She is almost continually accompanied by her own image of he... JOHN BERGER Shes a very talented young forward who has so much potential. She can even step up another notch. EVA LANG Terrible thought she was brave. She remembered it now, heard his voice in her head as if he stood ne... STACIA KANE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Do not have a catfight, boys, even if it is that time of the month,” said Serene, and when she saw... SARAH REES BRENNAN The Earth was singing her revolution. She was calling her brave men and women to her defense. RIVERA SUN Shes been a key for this team, EVA LANG In her way, she was a hard one. Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night light; ... THOMAS HARRIS The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. She is an Academy Award nominee. She has been in everything since the beginning of time. She is a gr... AMY ETTINGER Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. He had what he called just a small ration of tools: A painted book. A handful of pencils.<... MARKUS ZUSAK She didn't want to have anything to do with the party. She was tired of feeling like she didn't fit ... CANDACE BUSHNELL She confronted an issue and owned up to it and took a lot of flak, and there was a lot of flak to ta... JAMES KYDD My grandmother was a feisty woman. That's probably the best way to describe her, ... She was still d... ANN MARSH My grandmother was a feisty woman. That's probably the best way to describe her. She was still deliv... CAROL MARSH My grandmother was a feisty woman. That's probably the best way to describe her. She was still deliv... CAROL ANN MARSH The other night she was hitting the ball hard, but it was right at somebody. Tonight, she got out of... DICK BLASY She was gone the entire break, and she came back in time for the Sicily Island tournament. She's kin... LISA ABRON Even in that short time he had seen that Anne had great power. She did not care if she quarreled wit... PHILIPPA GREGORY The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL She (M. Napolitano) reads the game very well and her passes have been great. Right now she's (Walls)... DOMINICK CASTALDO No, she was always the same, very upbeat, very happy. She was very private. She was not social with ... CHANDRA LEVY The difference between men and women is this--if you catch a woman butt-naked, she tries to cover th... DEB BAKER The difference between men and women is this—if you catch a woman butt-naked, she tries to cover t... DEB BAKER I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. In a way she is paying the price for competing in the team pursuit. It took a lot out of her but she... MICHAEL SCHIRP I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY She'd been there about a week and the way she looked, the way she acted, her confidence...She made m... BECKY HIROTA I have met so many heartbroken men. It's a catastrophe. Women are easily overcome by the process tha... C. JOYBELL C. I told Sebastian that if she breaks well, don't take he back, but to see what kind of run she has do... JAMES CHAPMAN He's right, she is our key. She understands her role very well, but she's also a scorer. She was a l... CHRIS RASO She (Russo) played very well ? she got a lot of steals. Offensively, she continually followed her sh... GREGG ZENEROVITZ She was screaming a lot, ... She was down on the (cement) and she was throwing up blood. Her sister ... ELVIRA They were both comparative mirrors of each other. It was clear to her now more than he had used her ... CRYSTAL EVANS She's the perfect icon for our time, ... She takes no prisoners, she does whatever she damn well ple... FERN MALLIS The men in the room suddenly realized that they did not want to know her better. She was beautiful, ... TERRY PRATCHETT I missed a couple of gallops with her so she isn't right at her top. But she is going well. DANNY O'BRIEN She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society, a co... HARPER LEE the room of the spirit is the mind and the seat of the spirit is the heart. What we give room to muc... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Once she was certain, she didn't waiver. I had to make her stop for water or a bite to eat. She obey... TAMORA PIERCE I had a lot of confidence in her. She tries every time. Today was a tough field, but she's got the h... EIBAR COA You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a r... AGATHA CHRISTIE If she does prosecute, there will be people saying this is a weak case. I would not want to be in he... DAVID BEITO She pitched a heck of a game. Kristen is throwing very well right now. KATHY SMELSTOR She kept walking. The very small, brave part of her brain knew that this would be her one chance. If... ANN BRASHARES We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL She found out that having something to do prevented you from feeling seasick, and that even a job li... PHILIP PULLMAN [But she was closer to her mother.] I adored my mother. She was very formal and proper, but she was ... JOAN RIVERS Brooke did very well with being injured. We didn't really know how far we could push her with that i... DAVE REDDEN She was just very supportive, and I thank her for that. I know a lot of people think it would have b... JODI OLSON The beauty myth sets it up this way: A high rating as an art object is the most valuable tribute a w... NAOMI WOLF Mom asked me if I was okay. I shrugged and nodded. “Well, there you go”, she said. She said that... JEANNETTE WALLS She had a very difficult life. Her mother gave her away when she was little, and the man who took he... BERNARDO BATIZ If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS She is the first to get to this level and do very well at a high level of competition. She was the N... DAVE MICAHNIK Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE At Swarthmore, the Dean of Women was very opposed to women going into science or engineering - so op... NANCY ROMAN I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but... JAMES ROBERTSON There was a little girl Who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead; And w... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she... JOHN RUSKIN She had a flair for doing things in a very elegant way. At the same time, you felt like you were rig... HAROLD BROOKS People weren’t saying Oh wow anymore. They were saying No way instead and she wondered if there wa... DON DELILLO When she came to her senses again she cut off all contact with him. It had not been easy, but she ha... STIEG LARSSON Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience, and though she is agonize... THOMAS HARDY You knew she was ill. But even through last week, she was upbeat. She was a great coach, but more im... SKIP BERTMAN Her thoughts ran away to her girlhood with its passionate longing for adventure and she remembered t... SHERWOOD ANDERSON She had a personal relationship with Jesus. A real one. Even in her death that was very evident to u... BECKY HOLLAND Crystal is a great player, ... She is one of the best shooters in the league. Unfortunately she br... VICKIE JOHNSON The thunder howled and the rain splashed, the leaves played with the breeze and the lightning flashe... AVIJEET DAS
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