“ I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American wome… Leah Ward Sears
“ Bitch power is the juice, the sweat, the blood that keeps pop music going. Rick James helped me understand the lesson of the eighth-grade dance: Bitch power rules the world. If the girls don't like th… Rob Sheffield
“ [She] soon perceived that as she walked in the flock, sometimes with this one, sometimes with that, that the fresh night air was producing staggerings and serpentine courses among the men who had part… Thomas Hardy
“ Women who disapprove of men - and there's plenty to disapprove of - should remember how we started out, and how far we had to travel. Nick Hornby
“ Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave James Salter
“ Without war there are no heroes.What harm would that be?Oh, Lavinia, what a woman's question that is. Ursula K. Le Guin
“ What is believed in society is not always the equivalent of what is true; but as regards to a woman's reputation, it amounts to the same thing. Margaret Atwood
“ We think of women at every age: while still children, we fondle with a naïve sensuality the breasts of those grown-up girls kissing us and cuddling us in their arms; at the age of ten, we dream of lov… Gustave Flaubert
“ We need more portrayals of women as competent professionals and happy mothers - or even happy professionals and competent mothers. Sheryl Sandberg
“ Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet. Margaret Atwood
“ To be popular one must be a mediocrity.Not with Women, said the duchess, shaking her head; and women rule the world. I assure you we can't bear mediocrities. We women, as someone says, love with our e… Oscar Wilde
“ This tension-the idea that there is a right way to be a woman, a right way to be the most essential woman- is ongoing and pervasive. Roxane Gay
“ This is what I miss, Cordelia: not something that’s gone, but something that will never happen. Two old women giggling over their tea. Margaret Atwood
“ Their collective advice: don't settle. Keep looking. Find Mr. Right. That is what they all did. And by God, I think they believe it. Because nobody who marries at the ripe age of twenty-three can be s… Emily Giffin
“ The world is bulging with desirable women, as you have no doubt noticed already, but there are some who have a special presence, as if the space they occupy has more intrinsic depth and reality than t… Louis de Bernieres
“ The ultimate sexist put-down: the prick which lies down on the job. The ultimate weapon in the war between the sexes: the limp prick. The banner of the enemy's encampment: the prick at half-mast. The… Erica Jong
“ She has been to the compound before. She remembered this hallway. She knows about the initiation process. My mother was Dauntless. Veronica Roth
“ Sandy laughed, and I realized that I liked her, in spite of everything. Yes, she was beautiful. Yes, Sonterra obviously thought she was hot. But that didn't mean she and I were automatic enemies, duty… Linda Lael Miller
“ People who start a sentence with personally (and they're always women) ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit. Georgette Heyer
