Willa Shalit > Quotes

“Try to see yourself with power. Not power so that you can get even with anybody else. Power so that you can become even with your vision- Maya Angelo”
― Willa Shalit, Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female

“Very few people grow up. Most people grow older but growing up is challenging. Many people get older honor their credit cards matriculate into and graduate out of schools get married and have children. They call that growing up maturing. It's not. It is simply growing old - Maya Angelo”
― Willa Shalit, Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female

“In everyone's life there are important moments where you're going to have to fight for something. Just make sure you haven't used your capital over something that wasn't worth fighting over to begin with - Nina Totenberg”
― Willa Shalit, Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female

“People view celebrities from a place of envy and inferiority. Instead of being personally inspired by their great artistry they see them in a position they could never attain”
― Willa Shalit, Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female