“ My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days… Gillian Flynn
“ A confident woman wears a smile and has this air of comfortability and pleasantness about her. Jaachynma N.E. Agu
“ Most men and women born in the fifties or earlier were socialized to believe that marriages and/or committed romantic bonds of any kind should take precedence over all other relationships. Had I been… Bell Hooks
“ Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard wo… Adrienne Rich
