Rage > Rage's Quotes

“To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“She was the rock against which the surf broke. These males would break against her, too.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“My evil plan was working. Step one: get Aly to drop her guard. Step two: fuck her on this couch. Oh, wait, no. I’d skipped a few steps somewhere”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“For those who feel small and quiet. Spread those wings and roar.”
― Sarah A. Parker, When the Moon Hatched

“Your hands know me,” she whispers.  “Yes,” I murmur against her hair. “Know you, crave you, worship you.”
― Sarah A. Parker, When the Moon Hatched

“Chase death, Moonbeam. And I pray your bloodlust brings you the same sense of peace I feel just knowing you exist.”
― Sarah A. Parker, When the Moon Hatched

“When women's stories aren't told, it suggests that women's lives don't matter. You know what does matter. Women lifting up other women.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“What was it about a woman’s voice that was so terrifying to a man? Was it the thought that a lesser creature might have intelligence or agency?”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“She did not understand why a woman’s accomplishment had to come at the price of a man’s worth—as if there were a finite amount of success in the universe, as if letting another into that sacred space meant someone already there would be evicted.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“What do you say when you know your words will be your last? I was here. I mattered.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“It’s being judged constantly. For your clothes. For your curves. It’s being told every time you turn on the TV that you have to be thinner or more beautiful. It means doing the same job as a man and getting paid less for it. It means if you age naturally you’re letting yourself go, and if you get work done, you’re trying too hard.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“you have any clue what it’s like to be a woman?” “Is that a trick question?” “It’s being judged constantly. For your clothes. For your curves. It’s being told every time you turn on the TV that you have to be thinner or more beautiful. It means doing the same job as a man and getting paid less for it. It means if you age naturally you’re letting yourself go, and if you get work done, you’re trying too hard.” She drew in a shaky breath. “Being a woman means being told to speak up for yourself”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“Men believed that women were meant to exist on the fringes of their lives, instead of being the main characters in their own stories. But why would God have given her a voice if it wasn’t meant to be used?”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“Emilia wondered if the best revenge against those trying to erase you was, simply, existing.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“I once read an article about that,” Melina said. “When women talk twenty-five percent of the time in a room, people think it feels balanced. If they talk twenty-five to fifty percent of the time, it’s seen as monopolizing the discussion.” “Maybe if men were smarter, we wouldn’t have to keep explaining for that other twenty-five percent,” Letitia huffed.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“Real writers can’t not write.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“Let husbands know Their wives have sense like them. —Emilia, Othello”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“She recalled Mary Sidney’s advice—that to be successful as a woman, one would have to be invisible.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“Being a woman means being told to speak up for yourself in one breath, and to shut up in the next. It means fighting all the fucking time.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

“When I get rejected for the zillionth time by a man who has more power than I ever will, I’m supposed to say, It’s fine. Because a man who argues is ambitious, but a woman who argues is just a bitch.”
― Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name