#women

Women have always been spies. ↗

— Harriet Rubin

#women #first-sentence

You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#revenge #vanity #women #humor

Fresh from a costume fitting, where I had been posing in front of the mirror assuming what I thought was a strong position - arms folded, butch-looking...you know - I met with the woman in charge of Holloway police station. She gave me the most invaluable advice: never let them see you cry, and never cross your arms. When I asked why, she said 'because it is a defensive action and therefore weak. ↗

— Helen Mirren

#posture #women #positive-thoughts

Through enjoyment we endure. ↗

— Florence Ditlow

#greatest-generation #historical-fiction #womens-history #wwll #historical-fiction

This building fool could only be Bess of Hardwicke, a woman whose name is seldom seen in print without the word “redoubtable” in front of it. I wondered if anyone ever called her redoubtable to her face. I redoubted it. ↗

— Joann Spears

#historical-fiction #six-of-one-by-joann-spears #tudors #women-s-humor #historical-fiction

Aw honey. Today's as important as forever." Grandpa Joe in "Shave and a Haircut" Flash Warden and Other Stories ↗

— Eileen Granfors

#family-relationships #flash-fiction #hint-fiction #six-word-memoirs #women

They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women. ↗

— Ruth Handler

#dolls #dreams #futures #own #project

There's nothing wrong with her except she's completely fucked up. ↗

— Gary Shteyngart

#women #love

She did not think it was true that women fell in love all at once, but rather, that they fell in love through repitition, just the way someone became brave. ↗

— Tatjana Soli

#women #love

...of the things I want my daughters to know the greatest of these is love. ↗

— Elin Hilderbrand

#love