“I understood I wanted and deserved to to feel amazing at all times. I needed consistency, and perhaps he wasn't ready to offer me what I desired.”— Mirtha Michelle Castro, amazon.com
“From the bottom, only one can go up! Women like her can rule the world.”— Mirtha Michelle Castro, amazon.com
“When a woman truly loves, she loves differently than a man. Her love can cause change, inspire, transform.”— Mirtha Michelle Castro, amazon.com
“We have the key to love. We are gifted with the ability to birth, nurture, and with that, we are given the key to love.”— Mirtha Michelle Castro, amazon.com
“Is it my job, as a woman, to encourage you to treat me like a person?”— Trista Mateer, thoughtcatalog.com
“You can always evaluate a man's character by the way he speaks about his ex girlfriends and other women.”— Miya Yamanouchi, amazon.com
“Don't settle for just anyone. Choose the girl that doesn't come easy; the one you have to fight for, and then never stop fighting. Never.”— Jamie McGuire, amazon.com
“The enemy isn't men, or women, it's bloody stupid people and no one has the right to be stupid.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“We live in a world where there is such a clear definition of what a girl should be that it takes almost no effort at all to completely hate ourselves.”— Jennifer Elisabeth, amazon.com
“How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves.”— Karen Quan, amazon.com
“'Modesty is invisibility,' said Aunt Lydia. 'Never forget it. To be seen, to be SEEN, is to be,' her voice trembled, 'Penetrated. What you must be, girls, is impenetrable.'”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“I try not to think too much, like other things now, thought must be rationed.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“In my imagined 40s I’d be able to afford Juice Press. I’d find enough resolve to say no to afternoon doughnuts like, ‘Whatever, big deal, who needs doughnuts?’ I’d get enough sleep because I’d be boring and disciplined and never drink on weeknights. Instead of slouching toward decrepitude, I’d be th…”— Stella Bugbee, nymag.com
“I’ve read Nora Ephron; I know how this movie ends. The credits roll and there we all are: accomplished older women, standing in front of our mirrors, pulling at our turkey-wattles, feeling bad.”— Stella Bugbee, nymag.com
“You are still objectified. You are still catcalled. You are still sexualized. You are still told you’re too skinny or you’re too fat. You’re still told you’re too old or too young. You’re applauded when you ‘age gracefully.’ You’re still told men age ‘better.’ You’re still told to dress like a lady.…”— Dina Leygerman, medium.com
“'On our site we run stuff like, ‘Can you wear white pants when you have your period?’ and I flip out...It’s like, Shoot me in the fucking mouth. It reduces us to bodies, and I hate it. I resent how reduced the world of women is. I resent how small we allow ourselves to be.'”— Cat Marnell, nymag.com
“There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.”— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, amazon.com