Julia

“Parents, family, and friends tell you that you can be whatever you want to be. But what they really mean is whatever you want as long as it fits in their neat, little box. And for a woman exercising her command, that box is restrictive as hell. Destroy that box and the horse it rode in on. Light it on fire for good measure. Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.”
― Amerie, Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy

“A golden cage is still a cage.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming

“If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming