Quote by Marcel Proust

“It was, she believed, a simple and unassailable fact of life that if a woman went to epic lengths to throw herself on the…

— Nicholas Evans

“Women were meant to suffer; no wonder they asked for constant declarations of love.”

— Charles Bukowski

“She was convinced that women were as often victims of themselves as they were of men.”

— John Irving

“The idea of committing her body to the hands of a man she trusted was freeing, liberating in a way she couldn't quite explain,…

— Mari Carr

“She found herself suddenly surrounded by a host of assumptions. It was assumed that she trembled for joy in his presence, languished in his…

— Vita Sackville-West

“God, the woman must have been a pain. When she was alive.”

— Geoff Ryman

“so much testimony is demanded of women, and still, there are those who doubt our stories.”

— Roxane Gay

“Maybe it frightened them, to admit that a woman could be master of her fate.”

— Nenia Campbell

“He didn't understand-how she could be so delicate, so small, when she had overturned his life entirely. Worked miracles with those hands and that…

— Sarah J. Maas

“I don't believe in the idea of the strong woman; there is simply woman.”

— Melissa Thayer

“Her work sought to challenge all of us critically to reflect on the things we find comfort in believing without question.”

— Thabo Mbeki

“She had believed that she alone could touch his heart, and that likewise his was the only gaze that would ever reach hers. She…

— Noriko Ogiwara