Sometimes the beauty is easy. Sometimes you don't have to try at all. Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a handshake. Sometimes there's poetry written right on the bathroom wall.
Ani DifrancoRead
I am not a pretty girl. I don't want to be a pretty girl. No, I want to be more than a pretty girl.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The speaker values inner qualities over superficial beauty.
In this quote, Ani Difranco expresses a desire to be recognized for her character and abilities rather than just her physical appearance. She rejects the societal expectation of femininity tied to beauty, asserting the importance of depth and substance in her identity and aspirations.
Themes
IdentityBeautySelf-WorthFeminismEmpowerment
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be shared in a feminist discussion about self-acceptance.
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All quotes →spring is super in the supermarkets and the strawberries prance and glow never mind that they're all kinda tart and tasteless as strawberries go meanwhile wild things are not for sale anymore than they are for show so i'll be outside, in love with the kind of beauty it takes more than eyes to know
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I wonder what you look like under your t-shirt. I wonder what you sound like when you're not wearing words. I wonder what we have when we're not pretending.
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and god help you if you are an ugly girl course too pretty is also your doom cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room and god help you if you are a pheonix and you dare to rise up from the ash a thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy while you are just flying back
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I believe the act of giving birth to be the single most miraculous thing a human being can do and it is surely the moment when a lot of women finally understand the depth of their power. You think it can’t possibly be done, you think you can’t possibly take the pain, and then you do-—and afterward you look at yourself in a whole new way. If you can do that, you can do anything.
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Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends.
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