Choose language

Forgot your password?

Need a Spoofbox account? Create one for FREE!

No subscription or hidden extras

Login

#end

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #end




It is possible for YA heroines to go an entire book without discussing their love lives. ↗


— Celine Kiernan


#ya-heroines #equality

A YA heroine does not have to pick up a weapon nor wear men's clothing to be equal to her male counterparts. ↗


— Celine Kiernan


#ya-heroines #equality

So there we were. Once upon a time, during the storybook version of dating we'd gone through, I'd pretended that it was possible to love her when I only mildly liked her. Now I had no desire to pretend we'd ever be in love, and I liked her madly. 'Can we try to be wise with each other for a very long time?' I asked her. She laughed. 'You mean, can we share our fuckups and see if we can get any wisdom out of them?' 'Yeah,' I said. 'That would be nice. ↗


— David Levithan


#love #dating

‎YA heroines can choose to have sex & they can choose not to without either decision becoming the focus of their story. ↗


— Celine Kiernan


#ya-heroines #equality

When we become acquainted with any person on a human level, even a great enemy, we begin to see that no person is really so different from ourselves. ↗


— Bryant McGill


#equality #friendship #equality

L'action des femmes n'a jamais été qu'une agitation symbolique; elles n'ont gagné que ce que les hommes ont bien voulu leur concéder; elles n'ont rien pris: elles ont reçu. ↗


— Simone de Beauvoir


#gender-equality #equality

YA heroines can have romances that are subplots: can have goals other than getting/keeping a man: can put their lovers second. JUST LIKE YAheroes DO! ↗


— Celine Kiernan


#ya-heroines #equality

[Mo] sapeva che a Caterina, Cecilia e Maria, quando avessero messo piede su Deneb, nessuno avrebbe chiesto di compilare un modulo sbarrando la F. e non la M. per relegarle di conseguenza in uno scompartimento di seconda categoria. ↗


— Bianca Pitzorno


#empowerment #equality #gender #independence #opportunities

We must raise both the ceiling and the floor. ↗


— Sheryl Sandberg


#gender-equality #equality

Firearms stand next in importance to the constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence … from the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurences and tendencies prove that to ensure peace security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable … the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference — they deserve a place of honor with all that's good. ↗


— George Washington


#right-to-bear-arms #second-amendment #equality






back to top