Determined Quote by Leanna Renee Hieber

“My voice may have been silenced by fear and tradition, but today, I speak not for myself alone, but for every woman who has…

— Hagir Elsheikh

“I am barren of words my female. For no sounds from my mouth are worthy of your hearing.”

— J.R. Ward

“I learned a long time ago, sometimes it's easier to tell a woman what she wants to hear. She won't listen to a word…

— Shamara Ray

We learn best to listen to our own voices if we are listening at the same time to other women-whose stories, for all our…

— Barbara Deming

“God! The sexiest three words in the English language, 'you were right'. What woman doesn't love to hear that?”

— Kristan Higgins

If women who were free to speak did not speak, we might as well say to the entire world, 'No matter what you do…

— Mavis Leno

I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was listening.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Woman's work as a listener is never done. ... I thought I'd spent too much of my life listening for some damn man -…

— Adela Rogers St. Johns

“Now you speak with the insight I'd expect from a woman. Which is to say none.”

— Brent Weeks

“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

Why shouldn't I or any other woman speak?

— Reham Khan

“I listened; I wrote; I learned. I do not know why so many women trusted me enough to speak to me, but underneath anything…

— Andrea Dworkin