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“Then there’s Russell and Lillian Hoban’s Frances series, which is almost unbearably wistful, and no wonder: written just before the Hobans’ marriage ended, the books seem to document a happy family that was dissolving as they wrote.”
― Jennifer Traig, Act Natural: A Cultural History of Misadventures in Parenting

“Let her be herself. Or she will be somebody else’s.”
― Lang Leav, Love Looks Pretty on You

“But I want companionship, the security of knowing someone has my back, the ability to comfort and be comforted. Friendship. Vacations. Maybe even kids one day. Someone solid. Predictable. A person who doesn’t need passion and sparks to build a lasting relationship. I don’t know that I’ll ever find that individual—and that makes me extraordinarily sad.”
― Mia Sosa, The Worst Best Man

“The world’s ‘fastest-growing language’,34 used by more than 90% of the world’s online population, is emoji.35 This language originated in Japan in the 1980s and women are its heaviest users:36 78% of women versus 60% of men frequently use emoji.”
― Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men