Carmen

“Because her husband paid for their lives, paid for the privilege she had of staying home each and every day and devoting herself completely to motherhood and nothing else, she had felt, ever since she stepped down from her position at the gallery, that she was in no place to demand anything.”
― Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch

“teenager who doesn’t shower enough and chews on his sweatshirt sleeves.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“Smashing pumpkins and throwing muses was all very entertaining, but of no real benefit when things took off, literally.”
― India Holton, The League of Gentlewomen Witches

“It’s time that women participate in the management of this pathetic world on terms equal to men. Often women in power behave like hard men because it’s been the only way they could compete and command, but when we reach a critical number of women in positions of power and leadership we will tip the balance toward a more just and egalitarian civilization. More than forty years ago Bella Abzug, the famous activist and congresswoman from New York, summarized the above in one sentence: “In the twenty-first century women will change the nature of power instead of power changing the nature of women.”
― Isabel Allende, The Soul of a Woman