It Girl Quotes

“animals. They teach us so much. They feel everything as deeply as we do. And yet, without the words to express themselves, they’ve found brilliant ways to convey it all. Studying an animal is an opportunity to study a broad range of emotions and moods.”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“I use these books as my tools to learn and live beyond the boardinghouse and the artist’s studio.”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“two dollars he owes for December rent.”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“You win more bees with sweet honey,” Mamma always chides. So sweet honey I try to be, even when the task tastes like sour vinegar.”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“it’s a story as old as storytelling itself: men blaming women for the wars they wage on one another, for the wars they wage on themselves.”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“Turns out a girl can write herself a happy ending and a new beginning”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“I pull the puppy back toward me and I cry. I weep into her soft fur”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“Learn to move”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“will use me as a woman in one instant and call me a baby the next.”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“Reading is one of the only things in life that can take you out of yourself,”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“I’m young and I’ve been gifted with an inherently sunny disposition—in spite of the trying circumstances in which Mamma”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“To shift roles”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel

“As am I. I love painting animals. They teach us so much. They feel everything as deeply as we do. And yet”
― Allison Pataki, It Girl: A Novel