420 Quotes by Caitlin Moran

The sort of the template of being a mother is that you're endlessly giving to the point of exhaustion. You know, that's amazing if you can do that, but for that to be seen as the norm of motherhood, that women are always supposed to give until they're exhausted, you know, to always take on all these burdens - and it's why I'm so, you know, in favor of protecting all of the abortion legislation we've got, to give women the right to go, I can't do that. I can't do it. I'm too tired.

A 'sign of weakness' for a male celebrity is being found to be unfaithful, or unkind to an employee, or having crashed their car while stoned out of their tiny minds. A 'sign of weakness' for a woman, on the other hand, can be a single, unflattering picture.

Never love someone whom you think you need to mend – or who makes you feel like you should be mended. There are boys out there who look for shining girls; they will stand next to you and say quiet things in your ear that only you can hear and that will slowly drain the joy out of your heart. The books about vampires are true, baby. Drive a stake through their hearts and run away.

Just proportionately, statistically, one in three women are going to have an abortion. They're not all going to feel guilty.

Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means.

Life divides into amazing enjoyable times and appalling experiences that will make future amazing anecdotes.

I’ve got more friends than I’ve ever had in my life at the age of 39 – although given that I didn’t have any friends until the age of 27, it doesn’t say much – because I found the internet.

It’s always sunny above the clouds. Always. Every day on earth – every day I have ever had – was secretly sunny, after all.

When young people are cynical, and snarky, they shoot down their own future. When you keep saying “No,” all that’s left is what other people said “Yes” to before you were born. Really, “No” is no choice at all.