Ashley Epp

“If things don't work out, you can always come home," he said. "I'll be here for you. You know that, don't you?
"I know." I knew that in his way, he would be. I also knew I'd never be coming back.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“Beyonce 1.0 had arrived, and the way she held the camera's gaze made us feel as if hers was a party we were all invited to.”
― Veronica Chambers, Queen Bey: A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

“Children are born with varying levels of talent and intelligence, but possessing natural smarts and skills is no guarantee of success. It takes more than that: it takes work on the part of parents and teachers to cultivate these qualities, to instill in children the drive and character necessary to translate their natural gifts into extraordinary results.”
― Rafe Esquith, Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World

“Her-story. Don't search for your role is his-tory, write your own. The future is female. The past was too it's just that no one thought it important enough to bother writing it all down.”
― Jennifer Palmieri, Dear Madam President: An Open Letter to the Women Who Will Run the World