“Let’s be honest: women are still only really valued for two things—their looks and their role as mothers.”— Paula Hawkins, amazon.com
“She is, in fact, exquisite. Fireworks in the dull middle of February and as real as a cast-iron pot.”— Anne Sexton, amazon.com
“I kind of hate the phrase ‘having it all,’ but I think you can have … You can have a lot. Not everything. But a lot. And so part of being able to do that is making the choices upfront about which of the pieces of the pie are the most important to you right now. There are other times in my life when…”— Kathryn Minshew, nymag.com
“We're constantly getting these messages to mind our own business and look the other way if we want to be well liked, to not tell the truth or speak our mind or say anything too intense. Well, I'm telling you here that this approach not only makes you party to other people's crimes against themselves…”— Kelly Cutrone, amazon.com
“I believe all women know in their heart of hearts that they truly are divine and magical, even if they've temporarily forgotten.”— Kelly Cutrone, amazon.com
“I've noticed that men who tell women to "smile more" rarely comply when politely asked to "exist less."”— Conan O'Brien, twitter.com
“Men are all the same, they think that because they came out of the belly of a woman they know all there is to know about women.”— Jose Saramago, amazon.com
“Men and women approach sex very differently. Men make love to feel loved. Women need to feel loved to make love.”— Sheila Wray Gregoire, amazon.com
“Talking to girls was out of the question. To me, they were like some exotic alien species, both beautiful and terrifying.”— Ernest Cline, amazon.com
“#NationalBikiniDay means lots of men staring at pix of bikini'd women showing up at home later with lust on their mind. Fair warning!”— Dr. Ruth Westheimer, twitter.com
“They're putting a woman on the $10 bill. And if they make it your grandma she won't even have to sign your birthday card.”— Stephen Colbert, twitter.com
“Young guys, they’re afraid of women. They’re afraid of their feelings. ‘My girlfriend’s mad at me!’ Well, later she won’t be, fucking calm down. They’re afraid of their bodies, they’re afraid of women’s bodies. ‘My girlfriend’s having her period, what do I do?’ Fuck her in the period hole, you idiot…”— Louis CK, thoughtcatalog.com
“How I Stopped Using Mirrors and Started Stealing Glances of Myself in Reflective Buildings”— Reductress, reductress.com