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“Feminism has not eradicated the tyranny of the ideal woman but, rather, has entrenched it and made it trickier.”
― Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

“At times I think of human relationships as something soft like sand or water, and by pouring them into particular vessels we give them shape.”
― Sally Rooney, Beautiful World, Where Are You

“Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. Without that power probably the earth would still be swamp and jungle.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“Good words," I replied. "But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don't forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights