Twyla

“Some scientist in Europe took a bunch of women and had them play online chess against male opponents in their same rating bracket. When the female players didn’t know the gender of their opponent, they won fifty percent of the games. When the female players were led to believe that their opponent was a woman, they won fifty percent of the games. When they were told that they were playing against men, their performance dropped. But in truth, their opponents were always the same.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

“They don’t know what it’s like, being told that you’re inherently destined to be second best.” Suddenly, Defne’s expression shifts into an impish smile. “But it’s not true. And once we know it, they cannot take it away from us.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

“Let me be your secret, then. Tuck my words into your pocket. Let them be your armor.”
― Rebecca Ross, Ruthless Vows

“They don’t know what it’s like, being told that you’re inherently destined to be second best.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate