“ This year I've been figuring out who I am. I've been learning what I want, and it's the same as what I've always wanted, only I'm different. Leaders live and grow and learn. They run into dragons, get… Robin York
“ Maura looks stunned, as though she's been slapped. "What about me? Don't you trust me?" She gives a hysterical little laugh. Tears are gathering in her blue eyes. "Let me guess: you think I'm reckless… Jessica Spotswood
“ No girl can permanently bolster up a lame-duck visitor, because these day it's every girl for herself. F. Scott Fitzgerald
“ That poor innocent snake was far more terrified of Nana then she ever was of the snake. Cricket could barely believe her eyes, but when that shotgun went off with a boom so did the snake. Up until yes… Darwun St. James
“ When I arrived back at Intro to Basic Art again later that week, I thought for a moment we had a new student who didn’t know about the assigned seats. Sitting at my table was a girl in a long flowered… J.M. Richards
“ A steely look of anger flared in my mother’s eyes, and I thought, just maybe, I was leaving her in good hands after all. Her own. Rick Riordan
“ It's not the size of the girl in the fight that counts... it's the size of the fight in the girl! -MISS MARVEL G. Willow Wilson
“ This oath is the oath we all swear. Not to a god, or a master, or to the Ludu Achillea...but to our sisters who stand here with us. Our sisters. This is the oath that binds us all, one to one, all to… Lesley Livingston
“ Valys also didn't think I was good enough for him. He made that clear every time he acted like a martyr forced to settle. But what he didn't understand was that if he thought I might not be good enoug… Nenia Campbell
“ You are either in a state of perfection or a state of learning. Reading is one of the best ways to learn about our lives and purpose! Cupideros
“ Forcing girls to be ashamed for doing the things that come natural to them — it's a ridiculous double standard, and we should all, frankly, tell anyone who judges us to screw off. Siobhan Vivian
“ Few female characters get to be “the Chosen One” in science fiction and fantasy. Leia is as much the child of Darth Vader as Luke is, but only Luke gets to use the force, be recruited by his dad and u… Rhiannon Thomas
“ I can feel like a hag some days if I want! And I can tell everybody how insecure I am if I want! Or I can be pretty and pretend to think I'm a hag out of fake modesty –- I can do that if I want, too.… E. Lockhart
“ Tell me, who is behind a great woman? That's right. No one. She has to get there herself. Lynn Cullen
“ There is no such thing as being just a girl. You are a goddess, an extension of beauty and intellect itself. Within you funnels the true power of all, and under those pretty little hairs is a mind far… Robinson Pyles
