But girls . . . girls, mishandled, are a menace. Auteur: Heidi Julavits Copy Quote More from Heidi Julavits “I've always said that you were too smart to have a profession. Smart people are…” “This story is meant to make you realize that your chances of happiness in this …” “We're taught to find the antecedents to our adult failures in childhood traumas…” “I can't even tell you what else I imagined. I can only humiliate myself to such…”