A man in love will jump to pick up a glove or a bouquet for a silly girl of sixteen, whilst at home he will permit his aged mother to carry pails of water and armfuls of wood, or his wife to lug a twenty-pound baby, hour after hour, without ever offe
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
source: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper (1889). “History of woman suffrage”
topic: Love, Girl, Mother, After Hours, Silly Girl
Those silly girls had no idea what they were really celebrating. They had no idea what it took to bring Agatha and her friends together seventy-five years ago. The Women's Society Club had been about supporting one another, about banding together to protect one another because no one else would. But it had turned into an ugly beast, a means by which rich ladies would congratulate themselves by giving money to the poor. And Agatha had let it happen. All her life, it seemed, she was making up for things she let happen.
- Sarah Addison Allen
source: Sarah Addison Allen (2011). “The Peach Keeper: A Novel”, p.43, Bantam
topic: Girl, Silly, Mean, Banding Together, Silly Girl
Mrs. Lammle's manner changed under the poor silly girl's embraces, and she turned extremely pale: directing one appealing look, first to Mrs. Boffin, and then to Mr. Boffin. Both understood her instantly, with a more delicate subtlety than much better educated people, whose perception came less directly from the heart, could have brought to bear upon the case.
- Charles Dickens
source: Charles Dickens (2016). “Our Mutual Friend”, p.856, Charles Dickens
topic: Girl, Silly, Heart, Silly Girl
