#women

The goal of using our voice is not just to be noticed, but with humility to gracefully be fully present in relationships. Deferring to another person does not require that we be ignored; allowing that is cowardice. Hiding, a form of dishonesty, prevents true community. ↗

— Rosalie De Rosset

#faith #relationships #women #faith

It just be life, that's all. Ain't nothin' happened to you, ain't happened to most women whether they care to admit it or not. You strong, Babygirl. You a woman. You gotta be. ↗

— Marilyn Fullen-Collins

#mama #strong #stronger #woman-s-strength #women

Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#womens-rights #faith

Parenthood doesn’t improve one’s character, it exposes it. ↗

— Leslie A. Gordon

#drama #family #novel #parenthood #parenting

She has very strong ideas about family - ideas that probably sound kind of sexist to you. She believes all dhampirs should train and put in time as guardians, but that the women should eventually return home to raise their children together. But not the men? No, he said wryly. She thinks men still need to stay out there and kill Strigoi. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#raise-children #sexist #women #family

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