“ It was raining again the next morning, a slanting gray rain like a swung curtain of crystal beads. I got up feeling sluggish and tired and stood looking out of the windows, with a dark, harsh taste of… Raymond Chandler
“ I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman. James M. Cain
“ Girls are cruelest to themselves.Someone like Emily Brontë,who remained a girl all her life despite her body as a woman,had cruelty drifted up in all the cracks of her like spring snow. Anne Carson
“ Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, an… Louisa May Alcott
“ A little white woman, . . . [a] tiny little white woman I could fit in my pocket.’ . . . ‘And I don’t know why I’m surprised. You don’t even notice it – you never notice. You think it’s normal. Everyw… Zadie Smith
“ I like to describe myself as a proudly visible member of the most invisible segments of our society - older women. Cindy Gallop
“ Never take your eye off the ball. Always remember that you and everyone on the team is the servant of the cause - in our case, girls' education and young women's leadership in Africa. Ann Cotton
“ Part of the problem with the discovery of the so-called breast-cancer genes was that physicians wrongly told women that had the genetic changes associated with the genes that they had a 99% chance of… Craig Venter
“ Imagine having all of your freedoms taken away, being forced to work against your will, and constantly living under the threat of violence - in short, being forced to live as a slave. Sadly, this situ… Bill Flores
“ The Pavlovian view of women voters - 'plug the words in, and they will respond' - sends a chill down my spine because it sounds like an adaptation of something I have written about communication betwe… Deborah Tannen
“ I don't want to judge, but I've also met women who think it's cool to be out or away from their baby, and I don't get that. Kourtney Kardashian
“ Fasten your belts and sharpen your arrows, we're going for a hunt! I'm single again! Hamidreza Bagheri
“ Taking risks, choosing growth, challenging ourselves, and asking for promotions (with smiles on our faces, of course) are all important elements of managing a career. One of my favorite quotes comes f… Sheryl Sandberg
“ If you are lucky, there is a moment in your life when you have some say as to what your currency is going to be. I decided early on it was not going to be my looks. Amy Poehler
“ Isn't that the tragic thing about women? That we live on long after our passions have died? Olivia Olivia
“ Why is there always this twitchiness, when you introduce a man to a woman friend, about whether the man will be bored or put off? Alice Munro
