"The sweaters were hand-me-downs. They were too small for me, and I guess that's what made everyone take notice. But it made me feel important. Men were looking at me for the first time. And I liked it. I felt good in them. And when I felt how tight they held me in, I quit wearing a bra."
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As quoted in The Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe (1974) by Robert F. Slatzer p. 67
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