Jackie

“He simply believed that lame sex destroyed more marriages than did anything else, and that “considering the inveterate marriage habit of the race,” something ought to be done.”
― Mary Roach, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

“After all, your chances of winning a lottery and of affecting an election are pretty similar. From a financial perspective, playing the lottery is a bad investment. But it's fun and relatively cheap: for the price of a ticket, you buy the right to fantasize how you'd spend the winnings - much as you get to fantasize that your vote will have some impact on policy.”
― Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

“Feel the Fear. Have the Doubts. Go for It Anyway.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“In the struggle for female equality, Maud reflected, sometimes you had to fight women as well as men.”
― Ken Follett, Fall of Giants