All Eyes on Her Quotes

“She could probably be beautiful, if she wanted to be. But maybe she wants to be something more. Good for her. I'm sick of the world telling us we have to be pretty in addition to everything else we already are. I'm sick of playing into it.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

“They tell her she has the right to remain silent. As if they would hear her even if she screamed.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

“They were both so good at pretending. Then again, it’s a survival skill, when you’re a girl, seventeen.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

“When you're a girl, you have to scream to get anybody's attention. And even then, all they want you to do is shut up.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

“Everyone says boys will be boys, but girls? Girls will be monsters.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

“She's her full height, confidence sweeping behind her like the train of a wedding dress.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

“The universe is always trying to split girls in half. Half angel, half demon. No wonder so many of us turn into monsters.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

“I see what the media does to girls. It drains them, a collective vampire sucking until its mouth is a ruby smear. It drains out every detail, everything they’ve ever done. It empties the blood and goes for the vital organs. For her lungs, until she can’t breathe. Her brain, until she can’t think. Her heart, until she can’t feel.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

“La gente ve lo que quiere ver y se asegura de que los demás lo vean también. Si quieres saber la verdad, tienes que ahondar mucho. Y la mayoría de la gente no tiene la energía necesaria para hacerlo.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

“I don’t know why anyone would want to eat outside,” I snapped. “Especially during the summer. It’s too hot and there are bugs everywhere.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

“We're girls, Elle. We make one wrong move, and we're villains. There's no in between. We never had it both ways.”
― Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her