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1、CAROLWESTONForElizabethandEmmeContentsIntroductionWhenIwasagirlIlovedquotationbooks.Iwadedthrough…1YouYouYouLoveyourself.Lovethethingsthatmakeyouyou.Yourvalues…3FriendshipThere’snothinglikegoodfriends.Theycongratulateand…31LoveYoufeellikesinging!Youfeellikedancing!Youfeellikesliding…59Fam
2、ilyNexttimeyourmomordadwon’tletyoustayoutlate,ask…87SchoolThenagain,WilliamButlerYeatsputitthisway:“Education…111WorkPeoplewhoarereallyluckyloveworkingandwouldkeep…135PartingWordsAllchildren,exceptone,growup.Theysoonknowthattheywillgrow…159YourFavoriteQuotations181Index191ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
3、CAROLWHO?PRAISEFORGIRLSONLYPRAISEFORTEENSONLYBOOKSBYCAROLWESTONCREDITSCOVERCOPYRIGHTABOUTTHEPUBLISHERIntroductionThebeginningisthemostimportantpartofthework.—PlatoVWhenIwasagirlIlovedquotationbooks.Iwadedthroughvolumeaftervolumelookingforlinesthatspoketome.WhatIfoundweregreatmen’swordsonw
4、ar,honor,death.WhatIwantedwasgoodadviceonlove,friendship,pimples.AndwhileIdog-earedBenFranklin,MarkTwain,andOscarWilde,Ialsowantedtohearfromwomen.AndAsians.AndAfricanAmericans.ForGirlsOnlyisabookofwisdomandinspiration.Iselectedhundredsofquotationsrelevanttogirls,thenaddedmyownspin.You’llf
5、indlinesfromAesopandBuddha,HomerandHalleBerry,QueenElizabethandQueenLatifah,theDalaiLamaandJenniferLopez,AnneFrankandOprahWinfrey,SophoclesandSarahJessicaParker.NottomentionBen•1•Franklin,MarkTwain,andOscarWilde.Ihopethisbookcanserveasacompassandguide,aswellasanintroductiontosomeoftheworl
6、d’smostwonderfulvoicesandproverbs.(“Aproverb,”wroteMigueldeCer-vantes,“isashortsentencebasedonlongexperience.”)Mightboysenjoythisbook?Whynot?ButwhileForTeensOnlyisforeveryone,ForGirlsOnlyisjustforgirls—andespe-ciallyforyou.I’vebeenwritingforgirlseversince,atagenineteen,IwroteforSeventeen,
7、thenlaterwrotemyfirstbook,Girltalk.WhoknewthatGirltalkwouldstayinprintfordecades,I’dbethe“DearCarol”advicecolumnistatGirls’Life,andthatmyhusbandandIwouldnowhaveteendaugh-tersofourown?AsyoureadForGirlsOnly,youmaywanttoflipthrough,pausingonpagesthatcatchyoureyeorsearc
