All the men’s clothes she wore just called attention to how much of a girl she was.

I pictured a girl who made every moment, everything she touched, and everyone around her feel lighter and sweeter.

Make that: no one I ever wanted to kiss wanted to kiss a fat girl.

What would it be like to hold a different girl?

He tried not to love that she could recite scenes from Ghostbusters, that she liked kung fu movies and could name all of the original X-Men— because those seemed like reasons a guy would fall for a girl in a Kevin Smith movie.

This is why I can't be with Levi. Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight-and Levi can't even read.

Why are tall guys always attracted to short women? Not just moderately short women, either... Tiny women. Polly Pockets. The tallest guys always-always-always go for the shortest girls. Always. It's like they're so infatuated with their own height that they want to be with someone who makes them feel even taller. Someone they can tower over. A little doll that will make them feel even bigger and stronger.

That girl--all of them--hated Eleanor before they'd even laid eyes on her. Like they'd been hired to kill her in a past life.

You act like there are two kinds of girls,' she said. 'The smart ones and the ones that boys like.