Quotes About Empowerment

When life sucks, read. They can't yell at you for that. And if they do, then you can ignore them.

The school board banned one of Maya Angelou's books, so the librarian had to take down her poster. I fished it out of the trash. She must be a great writer if the school board is scared of her.

the only thing that helped me breathe was opening a book

It made me strong.I took a step back, near my whole self in the mirror.I pushed back my shoulders and raised my chin, my back straight as an arrow.

IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding. Andy Evans raped me in August when I was drunk and too young to know what was happening. It wasn't my fault. He hurt me. It wasn't my fault. And I'm not going to let it kill me. I can grow.

She cannot chain my soul. Yes, she could hurt me. She'd already done so. But what was one more beating? A flogging, even? I would bleed, or not. Scar, or not. Live, or not. But she could no longer harm Ruth, and she could not hurt my soul, not unless I gave it to her. This was a new notion to me and a curious one.

This is the story of a girl who lost her voice and wrote herself a new one.

I know how bad you feel. Trapped, she says. It gets better, I promise. So much better.

Bologna girl, that's me.

If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl?

Too many grown ups tell kids to follow their dreams, like that's going to get them somewhere. Auntie Laurie says follow your nightmares instead. Because when you figure out what's eating you alive, you can slay it.

If I ever form my own clan, we'll be the Anti-Cheerleaders. We will not sit in the bleachers. We will wander underneath them and commit mild acts of mayhem.

Pain won't be contained by bars or marks your scars deserve attention, too.

My good sense bitch-slapped my estrogen and told her to get a grip.

Before the suffragettes came along, women were treated like dogs... They were dolls, with no thoughts, or opinions, or voices of their own. Then the suffragettes marched in, full of loud, in-your-face ideas. They got arrested and thrown in jail, but nothing shut them up. They fought and fought until they earned the rights they should've had all along.

Freedom would not be handed to us like a gift. Freedom had to be fought for and taken.

Laurie Halse Anderson

am spinning the silk threads of my story, weaving the fabric of my world. The tiny elf dancer became a wooden doll whose strings were jerked by people not paying attention. I spun out of control. Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest.

She snapped, they said. Couldn't take it anymore. Reached her breaking point. We should teach our girls that snapping is okay instead of waiting for someone else to break them.

Welcome to the only class that will teach you how to survive. Welcome to art. This is where you find your true self, if you dare(16)".

The suffragettes were all about speaking up, screaming for their rights. You can't speak up for your right to be silent.

I've got a cake rising," Eliza said. "I'm not leaving that for any man

Never underestimate dainty little ladies.

Never forget that women are people, not furniture. They aren't sofas to be jumped around on at your leisure.