Maggie

“Telling me to relax or smile when I’m angry is like bringing a birthday cake into an ape sanctuary. You’re just asking to get your nose and genitals bitten off.”
― Amy Poehler, Yes Please

“it will be the kind of pain that won’t feel real at first, and when it does, it will take her breath away.”
― Gayle Forman, If I Stay

“He'd wanted them to be happy for him, but not this happy. Not this surprised. He hadn't realized that everyone — even Troy, who lived in a studio apartment above an auto body shop — felt sorry for him. It was like getting congratulated for losing weight when you didn't think anyone else had noticed that you needed to.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Attachments

“I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists