Girl

Girl

A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.

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Famous quotes containing the word girl:

    “Surely spring will allow
    a girl without a stitch on
    to turn softly in her sunlight
    and not be afraid of her bed.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security is very sweet.”
    —Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)

    “This girl borrowed no dim light of a star
    Nor ever night held her in a dark mesh,
    A slim bloom she stood of the first larkspur,
    A wind of spring fluttered in her white flesh.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)