Jenny

“Because my biggest secret of all—the one I would rather die than tell, the one I wouldn’t even put in my diary—is that I really, truly, in my heart, want to be beautiful. I want to be beautiful so much—because it will keep me safe, and keep me lucky, and it’s too exhausting not to be.”
― Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl

“It’s really best not to tell people when you feel bad. Growing up is about keeping secrets, and pretending everything is fine.”
― Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl

“The 1990s are a bad time to be poor and not-famous.”
― Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl

“The phone is about the same size as a cigarette pack. It’s no surprise to me that the traditional cigarette lighter in many cars has turned into the space we use to recharge our phones. They are kin. The phone, like the cigarette, lets the texter/ former smoker drop out of any social interaction for a second to get a break and make a little love to the beautiful object. We need something, people. We can’t live propless.”
― Aimee Bender, The Color Master: Stories