#women

[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin. ↗

— Elizabeth I Tudor

#dignity #freedom #good-governance #government #independence

That fist he was raising at me would wham into the cupboard door, hurting only himself. I saw it all happening, then it really did happen. But I didn't understand the whore thing. Why was he confusing the drinking with the other? Then I got it. Obvious. It was all mixed up for him, all the same thing: the drinking, the other, anything that could make a woman free. ↗

— David Gates

#relationships #whores #women #freedom

The sin we commit against each other as women is lack of support. We hurt. We hurt each other. We hide. We project. We become mute or duplicitous, and we fester like boiling water until one day we erupt like a geyser. Do we forget we unravel in grief? ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#female #friendship #support #women #friendship

For as much as Hillary Clinton might hate admitting this about Monica Lewinisky, Eleanor Roosevelt about Missy Le Hand, Queen Alexandra about Lillie Langtry, Lady Nelson about Emma Hamilton, or Jackie about Marilyn, the reality is that despite their intrinsic animosity toward each other, on a a deep level, the wife and the mistress generally have far more in common than they might care to admit and could, had fate dealt them different cards, even been true friends. ↗

— Wendy Leigh

#relationships #women #friendship

You can have it all, just not all at the same time. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#feminism #life #making-it #opportunity #success

Lanith? Don’t bewitch the Church boys. Their disappointment is a mess to untangle when they follow you home. ↗

— Lita Burke

#fantasy #sex-appeal #women #home

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#cats #dogs #get #idea #men

Okay, take a deep breath, I told myself. Don't go all hormonal. Get the facts straight. Have a mental doughnut. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#women #humor

She liked me because she said that we both hated everything and knew that friendship was an act of desperation. She said that for a man I was alright. She said that people were half-way and if it was up to her a lot of people would get killed and a lot of men would be walking around without their balls. She said that they should go on sale for women to hang off their rearview mirrors. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#friendship

I have no will of my own. Never did. Limp and lily-livered, I always obey - is it possible that's attractive to women? ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#humor #seagull #women #humor