Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

Now That Young Girls Like My Twelve-year-old Friend Mai Are Being Exposed To Modern Western Women Like Me Through Crowds Of Tourists, They're Experiencing Those First Critical Moments Of Cultural Hesitation. I Call This The "Wait-a-Minute Moment" - That Pivotal Instant When Girls From Traditional Cultures Start Pondering What's In It For Them, Exactly, To Be Getting Married At The Age Of Thirteen And Starting To Have Babies Not Long After. They Start Wondering If They Might Prefer To Make Different Choices For Themselves, Or Any Choices, For That Matter. Once Girls From Closed Societies Start Thinking Such Thoughts, All Hell Breaks Loose.

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