"Women’s lives are made up of cycles of descent and
ascent." (Sue Monk Kid)
"It is observed that women are closer to the
earth." (Susan Griffin)
"The queens in history compare favorably with the
kings." (Susan B. Anthony)
"The woman's place of power within each of us is
neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, it is deep." (Audre
Lorde)
"One is not born a woman, one becomes one."
(Simone de Beauvoir)
"But why didn’t you leave? Why didn’t you
take the job? Why didn’t you marry the other man? She would always insist
it didn’t matter, she was lucky to have my sister and me. If I pressed
hard enough, she would add, ‘If I’d left you never would have been
born.’ I always thought but never had the courage to say: ‘But you
might have been born instead." (Gloria Steinhem)
"In the womb we all begin as female." (author
unknown)
"Women have a tendency to assess their sense of self
worth in relation to the condition of their intimate relationships."
(Maggie Scarf)
"Women can talk to each other in short
hand…They possess highly tuned powers of empathy – being able to
sense what another feels because they must. They have to know which way to
jump; it is only dominant people who can afford to be insensitive." (Gail
Sheehy)
"…many women truly cannot tolerate or allow
themselves to feel that their life activities are for themselves." (Jean
Baker Miller)
"And what would happen if one woman told the truth
about her life? The world would split open." (author unknown)
