“This was going to be me. I would flee Father only to fall under another master. And even if I were to bear him a healthy son and earn my status in this household, even if Master Zhu were to pass away, that son would one day grow up to be a man, and then he too would command me.”
Source: The Night Ends with Fire
“All the women in this family are widowed quick. The men burn out on us like church candles and not long after we're married all that's left of them is a stain on the sheets that won't come off for all the scrubbing in the world.”
Source: Carcoma
“Femininity has been raped, beaten, and left for dead.”
Source: Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions & Our Future
“A woman is a cathedral, boys. Worship one at every chance you get.”
Source: Dead Poets Society
“Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women.
Sometimes, the men--they come with keys,
and sometimes, the men--they come with hammers.”
Source: Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
“A man with high testosterone, it was understood, was virile, a warrior, a stud. A woman with too much estrogen, on the other hand, was just crazy.”
Source: All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today
“If you're feeling helpless, help someone. ”
― Aung San Suu Kyi (from Freedom from Fear)”
Source: Freedom from Fear
“He knew Timosha's views: tangling with skirts in serious business was like mixing jam with beet soup.
"Letting a woman visit you is one thing. But let her into your soul? Oh, no!" Timosha wagged his dry little finger in warning. "Once you let her in, you're done for. A woman, brother--she sends down roots like a weed. Before you know it, you'll be overgrown with weeds all over.”
Source: The Dragon: Fifteen Stories
“She was a chameleon that changed to suit her audience, providing them with whatever they desired. With her, you felt cleverer, braver, stronger than with anyone else.”
Source: Delicious Death
“A good woman should neither take offense
nor blame herself for someone else's faults,
but simply strive all the harder to do what is right.”
Source: Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance