“ She could not have been born gray. Hercolor, her color of brown, was an essential part of her, not an accident. Her anger, timidity, brashness, gentleness, all were elements of her mixed being, her mi… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ Searching for self implied either not liking who you are or wanting to escape who you’ve been. Barbara Delinsky
“ Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap. Barbara Taylor Bradford
“ Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were afraid of being beaten, raped, or killed by men. She then… Molly Ivins
“ Look at these magnificent women, I thought, created in such misogynistic and hierarchical societies, yet they are the subversive centers around which the plot is shaped. Everything is supposed to revo… Azar Nafisi
“ It isn't chic for women to be drunk. Men drunks are more excusable, more easily absolved, but why? It must be thought they have better reasons. Margaret Atwood
“ In my experience, men who understand women seem to rarely want to have anything to do with them. Khaled Hosseini
“ In addition to the external barriers erected by society, women are hindered by barriers that exist within ourselves. We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by n… Sheryl Sandberg
“ I understand women ... There's no man alive who can honestly say those words and mean them. It just isn't possible, so there's no use trying. But that doesn't mean you can't love them anyway. And it d… Nicholas Sparks
“ I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a liar and a humbug, I know that you're utterly contemptible. And the tragic part is'… W. Somerset Maugham
“ I have become the woman I hardly dared imagine I could be. There are parts I don’t love—until a few years ago, I had no idea that you could have cellulite on your stomach—but not only do I get along w… Anne Lamott
“ How do you feel about homosexuals, Mr. Scavanni?' I asked. 'I think they're great. More women for the rest of us,' he said sarcastically. Adrian McKinty
“ Honey, de white man is de ruler of everything as fur as Ah been able tuh find out. Maybe it's some place way off in de ocean where de black man is in power, but we don't know nothin' but what we see. Zora Neale Hurston
“ Here is the trap you are in.... And it's not my trap—I haven't trapped you. Because abortions are illegal, women who need and want them have no choice in the matter, and you—because you know how to pe… John Irving
“ He was ugly, himself. Weird-ugly. But ugliness in a man doesn't matter, much. Ugliness in a woman is her life. Joyce Carol Oates
“ Harry, Bob drawled, his eye lights flickering smugly, what you know about women, I could juggle. Jim Butcher
“ Feminism and femininity are not mutually exclusive. It is misogynistic to suggest that they are. Sadly, women have learned to be ashamed and apologetic about pursuits that are seen as traditionally fe… Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
