Quote by Susanna Clarke

“ Witch . The word drifted across his mind. We call such women so, because we have no other name .”

— Katherine Arden

“She hated the namelessness of women in stories, as if they lived and died so that men could have metaphysical insights.”

— Chad Harbach

“She had not been the sort to have cared about the naming of things that existed well without it…”

— Thomm Quackenbush

“I’d been wandering about in the enchantments of romance, afflicted with the worst female curse on earth, the need to mold myself to expectations.O”

— Sue Monk Kidd

“Women are hard to keep track of, most of them. They slip into other names, and sink without a trace.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Did you know there are dozens of terrible names for old women? Crone, cat lady, hag, battle-ax. But there’s no male equivalent.”

— Fiona Davis

“None of her spells are planned, but come to her like snatches of poetry or a doodle on a napkin.”

— Sheri Holman

“The words hot, lot, and got were not apart of a ladies vocabulary.”

— Rhys Bowen

“I realized that lacking the feminine, the language had communicated to me in subtle ways that women were nonentities, that women counted mostly as…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“There was a moment of silence, and he was aware of the servants' chiding stares. Suddenly, as a group, they broke into effusive compliments…

— Lisa Kleypas

“Your spells are derivatives of the information, experience , and desire you put forth.”

— Rachel E. Carter

“Ah, the magic of books. The kind of magic that had nothing to do with witches or spells or charms. And was perhaps even…

— Heather Blake