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“You can always tell when a woman is with the wrong man, because she has so much to say about the fact that nothing's happening. When women find the right person, on the other hand, they just...disappear for six months, and then resurface, eyes shiny, and usually about six pounds heavier. 'So what's he like?' you will say, waiting for the usual cloudburst of things he says and things he does and requests of analysis of what you think it means...But she will be oddly quiet. 'It's just...good,' she will say. 'I'm really happy.' ...

You stop talking about things when you've worked them out. You're no longer an observer but a participant. You're too busy for this bullshit...

It's amazing how much you can find to say when there's one big thing you're too afraid to say: 'This isn't working.' ... He's broken, and I must fix him.”
― Caitlin Moran, How to Be a Woman

“so doesn't that make the universe a giant lottery, then? you purchase a ticket when you're born. and it's all just random whether you get a good ticket or a bad ticket. it's all just luck. my head swirls on this, but then softer thoughts soothe, like a flatted third on a major chord. no, no, it's not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. and the universe doesn't. it takes care of its most fragile creations in ways we can't see. like with the parents who adore you blindly. and the big sister who feels guilty for being human over you. and a little gravelly-voiced kid whose friends have left him over you. and even a pink-haired girl who carries your picture in her wallet. maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. the universe takes care of all of its birds.”
― R.J. Palacio, Wonder

“I have a rule of thumb that allows me to judge-when time is pressing and one needs to make a snap judgment-whether some sexist bullshit is afoot. Obviously it's not 100 percent infallible but, but by and large, it definitely points you in the right direction. And it's asking this question: 'Are the men doing it? Are the men worrying about this as well? Is this taking up the men's time?”
― Caitlin Moran, How to Be a Woman

“As I have said, in the same way that you can tell if some sexism is happening to you by asking the question 'Is this polite, or not?' you can tell whether some misogynistic societal pressure is being exerted on women by calmly enquiring, 'And are the men doing this, as well?' If they aren't, chances are you're dealing with what we strident feminists refer to as 'some total fucking bullshit.”
― Caitlin Moran, How to Be a Woman