The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2)

by Mackenzi Lee

And, because I’m a woman, I’m forced to do it all with my hands tied behind my back.

You deserve to be here. You deserve to exist. You deserve to take up space in this world of men.

it’s hard to be raised in a world where you’re taught to always believe what men say without doubting yourself at every step.

“No one calls a girl spirited or opinionated or intimidating or any of those words you can pretend are complimentary and means it to be. They’re all just different ways of calling her a bitch.”

Your beauty is not a tax you are required to pay to take up space in this world,

He has me apologizing for asking for the minimum that is granted to most men.

You’re not better than any other woman because you like philosophy better than parties and don’t give a fig about the company of gentlemen, or because you wear boots instead of heels and don’t set your hair in curls.”

“You’re trying to play a game designed by men. You’ll never win, because the deck is stacked and marked, and also you’ve been blindfolded and set on fire. You can work hard and believe in yourself and be the smartest person in the room and you’ll still get beat by the boys who haven’t two cents to rub together.”

because women don’t have to be men’s equals to be considered contenders; they have to be better.”

“It worked for me.”

These bitches gay, good for them

I do not need reasons to exist. I do not need to justify the space I take up in this world.

Not even so much a will to live as a refusal to die.