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“Single, childless women are the only women who report that they have the time and freedom to pursue interests, ambitions, and hobbies at the same rate as married heterosexual men do.”
― Soraya Chemaly, Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

“I have to find a way of making myself happy, I have to stop looking for happiness elsewhere. It’s true,”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train

“Ask a woman if she has been harassed, or if she thinks about rape regularly, and she will almost always say "no" initially. Who wants to think about rape? Ask her, however, if she makes eye contact when she walks down the street, where and when she loiters for pleasure on a warm day, if she runs by herself at night, or if she pays for cabs instead of peacefully strolling home. Then ask her why. We are taught to fear rape but not to question its pervasive threat or doubt how "natural" it is or isn't.”
― Soraya Chemaly, Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger

“He doesn’t know how determined I can be. Once I’ve made my mind up, I’m a force to be reckoned with.”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train