January 2010
“There is no glass ceiling. There is just a thick layer of men.”
– Source unknown
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.”
– Helen Keller
“Depression is such a cruel punishment. There are no fevers, no rashes, no blood...”
– Martha Manning, Undercurrents (via yerawizardharry) (via apassingfeeling) (via knockturn) (via honeyhands) (via tayloveee) (via booklover)
“Life is far too rich, interesting and short to waste on hating your body.”
– Source unknown
“You must have faith in people. But more importantly, you must always have faith...”
– Legally Blonde
“I don’t need any plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.”
– Courtney Love (who sadly has since added plastic, silicone, botox and collagen to her body.)
“Nobody gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work...”
– Conan O’Brien
“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.”
– Marguerite Gardiner Blessington
“To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.”
– Minna Antrim
“Sometimes we must choose between what is RIGHT and what is EASY.”
– Albus Dumbledore
“You have to admit that most women who have done something with their lives have...”
– Francoise Gilot
“[Feminists are] just women who don’t want to be treated like shit.”
– Su, an Australian women interviewed for the 1996 anthology DIY Feminism (via noteasybeingred) (via letstalkequality) (via ilovefat)
“So often we think we have got to make a difference and be a big dog. Let us...”
– Marian Wright Edelman
“If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely...”
– Frank A Clark
“I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden, doing...”
– Robin Chotzinoff
“When all think alike, then no one is thinking.”
– Walter Lipman
“Stereotypes are devices for saving a biased person the trouble of learning.”
– Source unknown
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
– Martin Luther King
“You do not have anything interesting to say to someone who is struggling with...”
– Megan McArdle
(via The Atlantic)
(via heyfatchick)
(via ilovefat)
“You want weapons? We’re in a library! Books, best weapons in the world. This...”
– The Tenth Doctor (Who) (via ashalee) (via libraryland) (via booklover)
“Those that judge us don’t matter. Those that matter don’t judge us.”
– from @fayferguson
