What's a Girl Gotta Do? Quotes

“When you fight for what you believe in, you come across a lot of obstacles. People who don't agree with you, people who agree with you but only some bits, people who delight in ripping you down, people who are threatened by the strength of your belief.

But I was beginning to realise, the biggest hurdle to overcome was the hurdle of yourself.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“Maybe all you needed in life was the belief you could change things. Somehow. Some way.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“I want to change things on my own terms, to show that there's no right or wrong way to change the world. There's no entry test. You don't need to suck anything up. Pay any dues. Just you and your anger and your voice is enough. If you only have the courage to use it.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“That's how you give away your power, by caring what other people think. As long as nobody thought I was a nasty person, I didn't worry about the rest. I mean, why bother? You couldn't control it anyway.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“Did all the horrid little moments where girls got treated like crap somehow create a society where the horrid big moments could happen”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“Yesterday seemed like a lifetime ago. The helplessness I felt, the anger…it had all gone now. Maybe all you needed in life was the belief you could change things. Somehow. Some way.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“Fighting for something you believe in isn't easy. If you hit a sore spot, people are going to swipe at you, gripe at you, try to undermine you, infuriate you, try to shut you up and put you back in your box. I was starting to learn that was a sign you were asking the right questions, picking the right scabs. And though it's easy to lose yourself along the way, and start focusing on all the people who don't want things to change--for whatever broken, messed-up reasons of their own--you can easily find your way back. By listening to the people giving you a hand up. To the people who have your back. To the people who don't think you're a raving lunatic. Let them be your mirror--not the haters. Let them give you the strength to get the job done.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“Being hurt or upset is no reason not to do something. In fact, sometimes the best things about people are the things that hurt them.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“Damnit, I thought. I really fancy you…”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“I don't want to ruin my night by spending all of it kicking myself for not having the courage to do this.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“Caring too much is what's breaking me, but it's also what's mending me.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“Yes, trying was exhausting and hard and meant doing everything I didn't want to do and it seemed horribly pointless putting myself through all that if I didn't believe it would make any difference. But then, actually, I wouldn't know if I didn't try. So I started trying. And yes, for ages it felt useless. But then, day by day, I noticed a few things began to give.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“There was the love in life you couldn't choose. The love you just felt, that you couldn't let go of, that tortured you and messed you up and made you sometimes too screwed up to let the other kind of love in. The other kind of love, was the love you did choose. The love you didn't have to give, but you gave anyway.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“It's easy to fall in love when you're young and the sun is shining and you feel like the world is just there to have an argument with, with someone you adore by your side. But then life happens, and you start fighting against them, rather than with them...You should always pick someone who's on your side, Amber. It's too hard to be fighting the world and the person you love.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“I'm sure some expensive psychiatrist could say smart things about my drinking habits, and the fact that I'm always angry, and that I tend to be sarcastic and nasty to new people as a way of pushing them away, and not wanting to get with Kyle, and they could easily pinpoint everything down to the shit with my mum, and abandonment issues, blah blah blah. And I could just roll over and accept that's who I am, or I could fight...I could fight to change myself...to grow...even if it hurt, I would grow.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“Sorry if my response to fear is upsetting you.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?

“Isn't it good to not have someone agree with you all the time? Aren't the best relationships supposed to test you?"

"Yes..." she admitted, slowly. "But there's a difference between pushing you somewhere gently because it's what's best for you, and throwing you off a cliff and saying 'Well, come on then, fly.”
― Holly Bourne, What's a Girl Gotta Do?