Quote Drive: What’s Your Favorite Quote by a Woman?
Deborah Siegel harnesses the wisdom of the She Writes quote borg. Got quote? Post it here!You’ve heard of a coat drive, right? Well today here on She Writes, Kamy and I would like to introduce The Quote Drive (Kamy's ingenious phrase). Just as coats provide warmth in wind and gale, words from women—and in particular, women writers—can both comfort and heat up our soul. But I’m quitting with the analogy, before it devolves into cliché; you get the drift.
Here’s how it works; it's pretty simple. Post your favorite quote by a woman (or about women) in comments to this post.
Let’s cast our net wide:
-It can be by someone living or dead.
-It can be by a writer, a famous person, or someone well known(ish) with something kicky or poignant or true to say about the fairer (ha) sex.
-It can be by a fellow She Writer.
-It can be by you.
Be sure to attribute!
We’ll collect them over time, and we'll come up with a cool way, eventually, to share them. Stay tuned on that.
Here we go. I’m starting us off with a few from the women I spoke with on a panel about work/life balance across generations earlier this week in Kansas City, the “Women, Girls, and Ladies,” as we call ourselves. Because they inspire me to no end.
"Nobody loves you better because you have used yourself up for them." –Gloria Feldt, author of No Excuses: 9 Women Can Change How We Think About Power (pubbing Oct 5!)
"For a writer who's used to being in her own head, being around other people all the time can feel like a loss of self." -- Kristal Brent Zook, author of Black Women’s Lives
“I want to get good at failure, and redefine success.” --Courtney Martin, author of Do It Anyway: The Next Generation of Activists (just out!)
Plus, a bonus track from a new friend, who also happens to be Assignments and Syndication Editor at BlogHer and came to our panel in Kansas City this week (and wrote about it!)
“It's an extreme act of love to give the object of your affection time and space to feed her soul.” – Rita Arens, author of Sleep is for the Weak and blogger at Surrender Dorothy
Ok, your turn. What words by--or about--women inspire the heck out of you, or merely say something heartwrenchingly or gutwrenchingly true? And hey, after you post, tweet it too! (hashtag #shewritesdotcom)
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Comment by Kristin Morgan on December 22, 2010 at 12:59pm -
"If you can't handle me at my worst, You don't deserve me at my best." - Marilyn Monroe
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Comment by Joan M. O'Connell on December 21, 2010 at 1:40am
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Comment by Denise Larocque on December 15, 2010 at 7:12am -
"You don't have to be superwoman to change the world. You just have to take responsibility for your life and your community and realize that you have the power to do so, even from your own sticky kitchen table."-somewhere in the pages of Grassroots
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Comment by Heather Grijalva on December 10, 2010 at 10:35pm -
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.~Helen Keller
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Comment by Denise Fuller Castellucci on November 27, 2010 at 3:26pm -
The following quotes are from Anais Nin, and represent some of my favorite quotes:
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country."
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Comment by Kelly Allardyce on November 25, 2010 at 7:58am -
"Your longing is your calling." Louise Hay
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Comment by Allison Barton on November 23, 2010 at 11:26pm -
A couple of my many favorites:
"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity." -Gilda Radner
"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, am out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." -Marilyn Monroe
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Comment by Rosey Goodman on November 22, 2010 at 3:07pm -
"You can lead a conservatard to wisdom but you can't make him think"......ME!!!
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Comment by Rosey Goodman on November 22, 2010 at 3:06pm
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"I would never cook with a wine that I wouldn't drink".....Julia Child
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Comment by Dindy Yokel on November 22, 2010 at 2:52pm
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"It hurts then to love. It is like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin" -- Susan Sontag
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