Amy Armstrong

“The big lie of our lives is that we are powerless—that we need something else, like a job, or a partner, or fame, or the dopamine hijack of a hit of cocaine, or the chilly metallic weight of a gun—to grant us power. We mistake easy pleasure, or a rush of adrenaline, for power. But real power isn’t a high: It’s something else, grounded and secure. Much as we seek power in every corner of our lives, it’s always already in us; it’s impossible to be powerless if you recognize that you yourself are power. Life is power.”
― RuPaul, The House of Hidden Meanings

“love you, Bunny. And then they hug each other so hard I think their chests are going to implode. I would even secretly hope for it from where I sat, stood, leaned, in the opposite corner of the lecture hall, department lounge, auditorium, bearing witness to four grown women—my academic peers—cooingly strangle each other hello.”
― Mona Awad, Bunny

“Seventy-eight percent of stalking victims are women.”
― Beverly Engel, The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused -- and Start Standing Up for Yourself

“Women’s voices are contested in a way that men’s never are. If we speak too softly, we are treated as gentle mice; if we raise our voices to be heard, we are shrill.”
― Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times