One of the main reasons I wanted to write about female…

It's been my experience that people who make proclamations about themselves are usually the opposite of what they claim to be. If someone is…

— Chelsea Handler

“So what she's a (this or that)…If you don't plan to help better other women in this world then keep moving, honey!”

— Helen Edwards

In the forming of female friendships beauty seldom recommends one woman to another.

— Henry Fielding

“She seemed to feed on their laughter, and they on her humor, like the lily of the pond—sustained by the very water it purified.”

— Molly Collier

I wanted to write a book about female friendship, because it's a constant that goes right through to the end of our days. Over…

— Ruth Jones

I feel there's so much pressure, especially for women, to declare what their life's going to be and what their career is, and are…

— Kristen Wiig

We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

— Albert Schweitzer

“I have no hesitation in saying that Serena was my life's most present person. Even more so than my own wife, God rest her…

— C.J. Thorin

I'm really excited that 'The Other Woman' did so well at the box office, and I hope that will keep encouraging people to make…

— Gillian Jacobs

I thought we had reached an understanding, the institution of marriage and I. Weddings are like the triathalon of female friendship: the Shower, the…

— Sloane Crosley

“I consider telling my brother, asking him for help. But tell him what exactly? I have no black eyes, no bloody noses to report:…

— Margaret Atwood

He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.

— Omar Khayyam

I love my husband, but it is nothing like a conversation with a woman that understands you. I grow so much from those conversations.

— Beyonce Knowles

I knew I wanted to write about female friendship. I've got a few friends I've known since we were teenagers, who have spanned the…

— Ruth Jones

Something snapped inside her. “Of course I’m afraid! Relationships do bad things to me.” He started to respond, but the pain had gone on…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips