Daughters Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“The two men brushed shoulders in passing, in what Sophia assumed qualified as an acceptably masculine substitute for an embrace. How grateful she was…

— Tessa Dare

“Girls is a fine example of someone writing what she knows and the painful limitations of doing so.”

— Roxane Gay

“I was long done ignoring offhand sexism. Excusing minor asshattery too often led to more deliberate misogyny and sometimes the kind of abuse Mindi…

— Tammara Webber

“She wasn't bored. She was surprised to find herself having fun, not being shushed for wisecracks or expected to sit quietly and behave. It…

— Nora Roberts

“She dearly hoped her gender would not be a problem because she did not have the time to educate a man on the fine…

— Beverly Jenkins

“It never occurs to her that she will not be a writer and only occasionally does it occur to her, depressingly, that she is…

— Jean Stafford

“She was not an unkind woman, despite a lifetime of being gently dried out on the stove of education, but she was conscientious and…

— Terry Pratchett

“We began our stories. Her face changed as most women’s do when they listen to their men: from amusement to horror to incomprehensibility.”

— Stephen Tobolowsky

“fact. Of course, she always went and spoiled the appeal by opening her mouth. In his humble experience, the world had yet to produce…

— Gail Carriger

“Have you learned nothing from Kitty of how a married sister ought to behave? You must invite young ladies of your own choosing, and…

— Cecilia Grant

“In Florida, her father had once said at dinner: "I like Negroes, yessir. I think everyone should own one". She had stormed from the…

— Colum McCann

“She was ashamed at feeling disappointed; and began to reflect, as an excuse to herself, on the little objects which attract attention when there…

— Mary Wollstonecraft