“ It was happening. At least in that little section of the salon, women were connecting and doing what women knew how to do, show compassion, nurturing—helping someone fit in. Terri Gillespie
“ Traveling together into what the poet Adrienne Rich has called ‘the cratered night of female memory,’ they undertook a shared process of self-discovery, working together to probe the possibility of wo… Janet Kaplan
“ Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try. Sheryl Sandberg
“ One of the greatest skills—and gifts—is to focus on a person. Make them feel as though they’re the only person in the world. Rhonda Rhyne
“ Both men had made her feel as if she were the one who was at fault, a typically masculine reaction to a woman who was able to act independently of them. Flora Kidd
“ When we first got married, we made a pact. It was this: In our life together, it was decided I would make all of the big decisions and my wife would make all of the little decisions. For fifty years,… Albert Einstein
“ But you would still settle for me if I were that last, wouldn't you? Women are like that. They have to have a male. Joyce Dingwell
“ First, they set the hook with mind-bending kinky shit. Then a year later you're living in a Talking Heads song, dressed like Teddy Ruxpin, living with a strange woman in a big house full of frilly thr… Tim Dorsey
“ As Miriam released my hand I felt that she and Midwife Bell had returned to a more primitive world, where men never intruded and even their role in conception was unknown. Here the chain of life was m… J.G. Ballard
“ But a man's beauty represents inner, functional truths: his face shows what he can do. And what is that compared to the magnificent uselessness of a woman's face? Mersault was aware of this now, delig… Albert Camus
“ I look at everything. God gave me eyes and I look at women and men and subway excavations and moving pictures and the little flowers of the field. I casually inspect the universe. Irwin Shaw
“ Men say," Liz reaches for her scissors, "'I can't endure it when women cry'--just as people say, 'I can't endure this wet weather.' As if it were nothing to do with the men at all, the crying. Just on… Hilary Mantel
“ Very few Englishmen ever ask a woman anything about themselves. They choose instead to lecture their dinner neighbors on a new and better route to the M5, or to praise their own professional achieveme… Julian Fellowes
“ I gave my heart to a man who loved me, who wanted to be with me. Who ultimately was afraid of all I offered.I didn’t understand why he sabotaged our future at the time – cheating on me, again, as we w… Rachel Thompson
“ When you yield yourself in complete and whole-hearted obedience to God, He can do great things through you. Jim George
“ A funny thing about women and machines: the combination made men curious. They seemed to think it had something to do with them. Rachel Kushner
