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Jessica Knoll Quotes

Total quotes: 12
“Men who call women crazy are always the men who have first pushed them to the brink.”
— Jessica Knoll, The Favorite Sister
Tagged: Crazy girls, Cool girls, Women, feminism, Dating, Quote of the Moment
“All my life, I’ve found it difficult to advocate for myself, to ask for what I want. I fear burdening people so much.”
— Jessica Knoll, Luckiest Girl Alive: A Novel
Tagged: Self-Trust, Fear, Doubts
“Women sexually attracted to socks are not impervious to the male gaze. The difference today is, we have to say that we are. Feminism doesn't emancipate us, it makes us bad liars.”
— Jessica Knoll, The Favorite Sister
Tagged: feminism, The Male Gaze
“Turn off your phone... or the lights if you think you're going to be self-conscious about your body. You want to be in the moment, not thinking about your thighs.”
— Jessica Knoll, Orgasm Guaranteed! 13 Tips to Bring You to Girl-gasm
Tagged: orgasm, self-conscious, Phone
“Money can’t buy happiness? I hate that saying. Money helps a lot of people. To pretend that it doesn’t is just woo-woo bullshit. We live in a capitalist society. Money improves people’s circumstances. It just does.”
— Jessica Knoll, How to Be a Writer and Still Get Really, Really Rich
Tagged: Money, Capitalism, Writing, Career, Books, Marketing
“Food is a part of my life — a fun part — but it no longer tastes irresistible, the way it did when I told myself I couldn’t have it.”
— Jessica Knoll, Smash the Wellness Industry
Tagged: Wellness, The Wellness Industry, Body Image, Disordered Eating, eating disorders
“Who would have thought? Me. I did.

Ever since I was a little girl, my fairy tale ending involved a pantsuit, not a wedding dress. Success meant doing something well enough to secure independence. ”
— Jessica Knoll, Opinion | I Want to Be Rich and I’m Not Sorry
Tagged: Success, Women
“I inspected the knife in my hand.”
— Jessica Knoll, Luckiest Girl Alive: A Novel
Tagged: first lines of books
“She has a fresh whitehead on her chin and an old angry one on her cheek and not a stitch of makeup to soften the blow. And for this, she gets to hear she is beautiful. Get me a cane to shake grouchily into the air, because in my day, not even actually being beautiful was enough.”
— Jessica Knoll, The Favorite Sister
Tagged: Women, feminism, Makeup, beauty
“Think of a hot scenario before and, yes, during sex.”
— Jessica Knoll, Orgasm Guaranteed! 13 Tips to Bring You to Girl-gasm
Tagged: orgasm, Sex, fantasizing
“Touch your clitoris during sex (or have your guy do it).”
— Jessica Knoll, Orgasm Guaranteed! 13 Tips to Bring You to Girl-gasm
Tagged: orgasm, clitoris, touch yourself
“The truth won't make people listen unless it is sufficiently awful.”
— Jessica Knoll, The Favorite Sister
Tagged: News, Media, Stories, Activism
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