Berta Gibney

“You just hang onto the thought that every dog has its day, even the bitches”
― Colleen McCullough, The Ladies of Missalonghi

“She's as dead as she'll every be, ain't she? Well, ain't she?”
― Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree

“One year from now, a decade, a century, half a millennium, will things be different? Dare we dream it? When we are seen for ourselves, not just as the conduit of progeny, heirs, lineage, not just as beautiful objects to be protected, inspected, appreciated, but for who we are at the core . . .”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

“We…realized that no matter who won the race, we were girls, and we were from Soso, Mississippi, population 434, which meant we were destined to be last in pretty much everything else.”
― Karen Hinton, Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power