Ruby

“As a young woman, I hated receiving compliments on my appearance, whether they came from my girlfriends or the men and boys I was interested in.”
― Emily Ratajkowski, My Body

“I am not a muse. I am the somebody. End of fucking story.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“And the subtext of that photo—the way her chest is neither aimed at Billy nor at the viewer, the way her stance is confident but not suggestive—the subtext isn’t that Daisy is trying to please you or the man she’s with. The subtext isn’t “My body is for you.” Which is what so many nude photos are, what so many images of naked women are used for. The subtext—for her body, in that image—it’s self-possession. The subtext is “I do what I want.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“Teddy Price was ugly as sin. A face only a mother could love. [Laughs] I’m just messing around. He was ugly, though. I liked that he didn’t seem to care.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six