Quotes About Empowerment

Let feminism be this girl raging at a chandelier.

But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.

Because the thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it.

Women shouldn't iron, ever. It's our wrinkles that make us interesting.

I know just what it's like to feel different from everyone else. And you know what? Being different can be pretty spelltacular!

An armed woman will be more of a target knights on the prowl. and unarmed women can find themselves without defines

But that was the thing about courage. Sometimes you had to fake it to feel it.

Just because people treat you like shit, just because you may feel like shit sometimes, doesn't mean you are shit. You can make something of your life. You can give of yourself in this world to make it a better place." - Jake quoting his mentor, Arnie Coel

God gave woman a clitoris--a small little bit of flesh with only one purpose--transcendent sexual pleasure. So how is it that some people believe God and sex shouldn't be in the same sentence?

She didn't call him Prince or Royal Highness. She called him Rodrigo. And while she very clearly wanted him, she wanted him only for what he brought to her as a man. It felt strange to simply be a man.

A bad past is like gristle. You can chew on it forever and starve yourself to death, or you can spit it out and see what else is on the table.

A woman's past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses.

Books made me believe that smart girls who didn't necessarily fit in with the popular crowd could be the ones to solve mysteries, rescue people in distress, ferret out international criminals, fly spaceships to distant planets, take up arms and fight battles. Books showed me that not all fathers understand their daughters or even seek to, but that people can turn out okay despite that. Books made me feel beautiful when I wasn't. Capable when I couldn't be.

Oh, child. The best thing is to know. I always tell 'em, best to be who you is. What you is deep down inside. Ain't no other good way of livin'.

Eventually you have to stop letting people define you and start defining yourself. It's a lesson I'm both teaching and learning.

I want them to see that there is no faster way to change your circumstance than to open a great book.

A woman's past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses. Her own music. To hear the tune, she must only stop talking. To herself, I mean. We're always trying to persuade ourselves of things." I

you're going to have to face this. You can't let other people decide your life for you...Other people's judgement doesn't have any power unless you offer yourself up for trial, so don't.

woman's past need not predict her future. She can dance to new music if she chooses. Her own music. To hear the tune, she must only stop talking. To herself, I mean. We're always trying to persuade ourselves of things.

Books made me believe that smart girls who didn't necessarily fit in with the popular crowd could be the ones to solve mysteries, rescue people in distress, ferret out international criminals, fly spaceships to distant planets, take up arms and fight battles... Books made me feel beautiful when I wasn't. Capable when I couldn't be. Books built my identity.

She always wanted those around her to see the greatest possible versions of themselves. That passion made her a fantastic teacher.

no matter how many wrong choices we've made in the past, we can always decide to make the right ones today. The past need not determine one moment of the future. The

Other people's judgment doesn't have any power unless you offer yourself up for trial, so don't." Zoey

no matter how many wrong choices we've made in the past, we can always decide to make the right ones today. The past need not determine one moment of the future.