Quote by Courtney E. Martin

“Even the women began to see us as something so foreign to their community that nothing we said could possibly be of any relevance…

— Geraldine Brooks

“We don't know how to be women because we were taught it was not OK to be girls. Our most natural impulses were thwarted…

— Marianne Williamson

“We're a generation of men raised by women. I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer we need.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“The women I loved most in the world horrified me. I did not want to grow up to be them.”

— Dorothy Allison

“Being young was her thing, and she was the best at it. But every year, more and more girls came out of nowhere and…

— B.J. Novak

“All these much-celebrated choices that we have, apparently, us modern women. There are no choices, only higher expectations.”

— Jo Furniss

“Your life can be different, Young Ju. Study and be strong. In America, women have choices.”

— An Na

“All of the women in my life were telling me the same thing. My story, my truth, my life, my voice, all of that…

— Gabby Rivera

“Girls, in those days, couldn't do anything to you (they couldn't call the lawyers, the tabloids, the cops) except kill themselves or get pregnant.…

— Martin Amis

“what is the greatest lesson a woman should learn that since day one she's already had everything she needs within herself it's the world…

— Rupi Kaur

“Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to be themselves.”

— Betty Friedan

“Yes, she was now a young woman but she would for ever be his little girl.”

— Angela Marsons