“That’s why I write the kind of books I do! To help girls know they have worth, and will be okay in the end - like me!”— Meg Cabot, twitter.com
“You should not be blamed for waiting 15 minutes or 15 days or 15 years to report sexual assault or harassment, or for the outcome of what happens to a person after he or she makes the choice to sexually harass or assault you.”— Taylor Swift, time.com
“My advice is that you not blame yourself and do not accept the blame others will try to place on you.”— Taylor Swift, time.com
“She was a whirling cloud of death, a queen of shadows, and these men were already carrion.”— Sarah J. Maas, amazon.com
“Men spend a lot of time letting me know no one wants me. Guys, it’s totally fine. I will survive it.”— Roxane Gay, twitter.com
“You never forget where you were when you learned the swimsuit models are wearing bras they airbrush out of the pictures. They DON'T have magic boobs that don't sag or look squished flat. They're wearing bras. Your breasts are great! It is the SWIMSUIT that makes them look weird. If you could wear an…”— Nicole Cliffe, twitter.com
“I stand with all the women who have been sexually harassed, and am awestruck by their bravery. This mistreatment of women has to stop.”— Emma Watson, twitter.com
“Women just want a safe, welcoming, and harassment-free work environment. That's it.”— Gretchen Carlson, twitter.com
“We must believe women who, often at great risk, expose harassment. Those who spoke out about Harvey Weinstein have shown real courage.”— Beau Willimon, twitter.com
“Girls, your body is a temple. Don't let ANYONE tell you how it should look or what you should do with it.”— Quiara Alegría Hudes, twitter.com
“...one day there will be girls and women whose name will no longer just signify the opposite of the male but something in their own right, something which does not make one think of any supplement or limit but only of life and existence: the female human being.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“Women, in whom life abides and dwells more immediately, more fruitfully and more trustingly, are bound to have ripened more thoroughly, become more human human beings, than a man, who is all too light and has not been pulled down beneath the surface of life by the weight of a bodily fruit and who, i…”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org
“When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.”— Adrienne Rich, amazon.com
“Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated…”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“We’re here for a reason. I believe that reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.”— Whoopi Goldberg, harpersbazaar.com