Jill

“For there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

“I had to accept that my job is to do my part, let my heart break for all the women we can’t help, and stay optimistic.”
― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

“What makes you think you’re so special? Just because you’re a teacher? What he was really saying was: You are so special. You are my teacher. Then teach me, help me, Hey, Teach, I’m lost—which way do I go? I’m tired of going up the down staircase.”
― Bel Kaufman, Up the Down Staircase

“How can you wish on a turkey wishbone with a man who is capable of correcting a love letter?”
― Bel Kaufman, Up the Down Staircase