Some women get erased a little at a time, some all at once. Some reappear. Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her story for her, or write her out of the story, the genealogy, the rights of man, the rule of law. The ability to tell your own story, in words or images, is already a victory, already a revolt. -- Rebecca Solnit

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. — Alice Walker

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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. -Golda Meir

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I'm not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn't open for me. I'm going to create my own door and walk through that. — Ava DuVernay

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A mind once stretched by a new idea can never return to its original dimensions. – Oliver Wendall Holmes

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If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

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Let the world burn through you. Throw the prism light, white hot, on paper. - Ray Bradbury

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There’s no point in being successful but sad. Makes no sense. Yes, reach for the mountaintop. But enjoy the climb as well. – Robin Sharm

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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency. ― bell hooks

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