Reba

“I once read an article about that,” Melina said. “When women talk twenty-five percent of the time in a room, people think it feels balanced. If they talk twenty-five to fifty percent of the time, it’s seen as monopolizing the discussion.” “Maybe if men were smarter, we wouldn’t have to keep explaining for that other twenty-five percent,” Letitia huffed.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“It’s being judged constantly. For your clothes. For your curves. It’s being told every time you turn on the TV that you have to be thinner or more beautiful. It means doing the same job as a man and getting paid less for it. It means if you age naturally you’re letting yourself go, and if you get work done, you’re trying too hard.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“I think Shakespeare let people see what they wanted to see, and only a handful of people knew he was not the actual writer. He was just fronting plays for others who used his name. I think the theater community was in on it. When they saw a play with the name Shakespeare on it, it was an inside joke. But over four hundred years later, we’ve forgotten the punch line.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“What was it about a woman’s voice that was so terrifying to a man? Was it the thought that a lesser creature might have intelligence or agency?”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name