It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

You're quite tall.' Just what a girl wants to be reminded of.

Amen, sister, ... All apologies to Tom Cruise.

This is the world we live in, Gemma, for better or for worse. Make of it what you can," he says, and I pull him to me.

Why should we girls not have the same privileges as men? Why do we police ourselves so stringently- whittling each other down with cutting remarks or holding ourselves back from greatness with a harness woven of fear and shame and longing? If we do not deem ourselves worthy first, how shall we ever ask for more?

The wolf was at the door. His shadow spilled into the room, taking it over.

Everything is randomly connected.