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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful. Otherwise, you would threaten the man. Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Now marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support but why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists

Brandon Sanderson
“Scared to go onward, but terrified to go back to what you were”
Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson
“All right.First, find me a cliff"

"That,will it give you a vantage to see the area?"

"No," said Kaladin. "It will give me something to throw you off of”
Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson
“Kaladin frowned. “Wait. Are you wearing cologne? In prison?”
“Well, there was no need to be barbaric, just because I was incarcerated.”
“Storms, you’re spoiled,” Kaladin said, smiling.
“I’m refined, you insolent farmer,” Adolin said. Then he grinned. “Besides, I’ll have you know that I had to use cold water for my baths while here.”
“Poor boy.”
Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance

Brandon Sanderson
“Honor is dead. But I'll see what I can do.”
Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance

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