“I'm optimistic. I really believe people in power want to do the right thing.” Quote by Brigid Schulte
“The prejudice is against men and women - assuming men stay at work. That's the reason why we don't have enough women in the halls of power - the prejudice is pushing women to go home.” MenReasonEnoughHomeMen And WomenPrejudiceAssumingReason WhyPushingHalls Author:Brigid Schulte
“Everything you do is so personal. In the end, it doesn't matter so much if you write about your own life or not. It's going to be as much artifice when it comes out as a piece of music. Everything is in character in a way. But that's a great thing.” IfsWayWritingEndsMatterCharacterPiecesGreat ThingsArtifice Author:Jenny Hval
“Health is so important now, it's ridiculous - the body has become frightening, this thing that will kill you if you don't keep really healthy. The body is the enemy now.” IfsImportantBodyEnemyHealthyRidiculousFrightening Author:Jenny Hval
“It's incredibly painful to think back to the time I had to come back to work. I was so, so needed at home. Like the vast majority of people in America, I couldn't take unpaid leave.” PeopleThinkingHomeAmericaNeededMajorityPainfulBack To Work Author:Brigid Schulte
“If you believe that you have nothing to fight for, that just means the people in power, and the people with money, can sneak anything into your life. Everything can be taken away from you.” PeopleIfsBelieveMeanFightingTakenIf You BelieveAway From YouSneak Author:Jenny Hval
“I take solace in knowing that some of the steps I took can help other people.” PeopleHelpingStepsKnowingHelping OthersSolace Author:Brigid Schulte
“I disagree very strongly with people saying "that battle is over." If you've started a battle, I don't think it ever ends. The illusion that it's ended can reverse any good results that have come from it.” PeopleIfsThinkingEndsResultsBattleIllusionDisagreeVery StrongReverse Author:Jenny Hval
“I'm constantly reading and trying to enlighten myself to how the world works in its silent ways to make everything seem normal when it's actually incredibly discriminating.” WorldWayTryingSeemsReadingNormalSilentEnlightening Author:Jenny Hval
“Everybody needs to read a lot of revolutionary stuff, because the revolution is a big part of our will to live.” NeedsBigsStuffRevolutionRevolutionaryWill To Live Author:Jenny Hval
“We're baseball players. We don't need guys telling us, 'Hey, you need to hurry. Hey, you need to do this. Hey, you need to step up.' We are professionals, we can do that without anybody telling us. I'm OK with it, but we need to do it on our own.” NeedsGuyCan DoStepsPlayerBaseballHeyStep UpBaseball PlayerHey You Author:Bengie Molina