#omen

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#assumed #because #black #children #feminist

Guilt is a feeble emotion. It surrenders too easily ↗

— Deborah McKinlay

#relationships #women-s-literary #family

Certain women because of their female power and seductiveness could bring destruction to a family. ↗

— Margaret Way

#power #seduction #women #family

In the adjustment of the new order of things, we women demand an equal voice; we shall accept nothing less. ↗

— Carrie Chapman Catt

#adjustment #demand #equal #less #new

The women in your family have never lost touch with one another. Death is a path we take to meet on the other side. ↗

— Edwidge Danticat

#matrilineage #women #death

I let all that anger and worry go because they don't belong to me any more than the future does. And I don't wanna feel them anyhow, because the truth is, whatever happens when this war ends, here and now, far from Richmond County, I'm freer than I've ever been. ↗

— Teresa R. Funke

#inspiration #inspirational #life #war #wisdom

If it were legal, I'd marry food. -Niall Horan ↗

— Niall Horan

#food

Never be afraid to be sexy! ↗

— Alysha Speer

#fear #sex-appeal #sexuality #sexy #sexy-humor

Women need food, water, and compliments That's right. And an occasional pair of shoes. ↗

— Chris Rock

#women #food

Where some one else's welfare is concerned, a young girl becomes as ingenious as a thief. Guileless where she herself is in question, and full of foresight for me,--she is like a heavenly angel forgiving the strange incomprehensible sins of earth. ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#young-ladies #forgiveness