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They'll Never Catch Us
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Jessica Goodman14,124 ratings, 3.70 average rating, 1,737 reviews
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“The world breaks little girls. It stomps out our will, our joy, our curiosity—and replaces them with disdain, cynicism, and the need to fit into neat and tiny boxes. I learned that young, in kindergarten, when the other kids called Stella a show-off for raising her hand during class, or when the boys in first grade said I was bossy for leading a reading circle. When Stella and I would overhear the other moms at the Elite Youth Runner’s Club: The Steckler sisters are just a little much. That’s how we were described while the boys were sprinting around the playground kicking and screaming, breaking and biting. The world doesn’t celebrate girls who take up space, who demand to be heard, who are just a little much.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“Raven has always been nice in the same way vanilla is nice but you’d rather have cookie dough.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“I became a warning of what can happen when girls get too competitive, when we want too much.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“The world doesn’t celebrate girls who take up space, who demand to be heard, who are just a little much.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“The world breaks little girls. It stomps out our will, our joy, our curiosity—and replaces them with disdain, cynicism, and the need to fit into neat and tiny boxes.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“The world hadn’t yet told us that little girls don’t fight with fists, but with words. Laughable now, though, after everything that’s happened. The idea that girls don’t fight.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“Life is so short, I am finally learning. But if I can love and be loved all at the same time, I’m not sure I mind.’ ”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“in an hug.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“And for that, for his son’s mistakes, I was to blame.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“I kept my mouth shut but I knew what he meant. You girls. The obsessive ones. The focused ones. The ones who have enough grit and determination to break things and crush people and rip worlds apart. The ones who call bullshit when things aren’t fair. The ones who speak up and demand better. The ones who don’t fit into neat little boxes.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“And I learned how much I could take, how I could survive even if I lost everything. I learned I was a warrior. I was indestructible.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“I always forget he can be cruel like this, slick and slippery when he doesn’t want to do something.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“Raven has always been nice, in the same way vanilla ice cream is nice but you’d rather have cookie dough.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
“The spiral continues until I remember something Mom once said: Everyone hates themselves a little. If you get over that, you survive. Sure, she said it when she was drunk and I was five. But I think it holds up.”
― They'll Never Catch Us
― They'll Never Catch Us
