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“You are no different from a man, my mother's lullaby that she thankfully continued to whisper to me over the next several years as I started to build my career.”
― Marie Henein

“It's my belief that anyone worth knowing enjoys spending time in a bookshop.”
― Oliver Darkshire, Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

“The most commonly identified reason for women leaving the field [law practice] is that they cannot handle the stress of both work and family. Implicit in this, at least for women, is that they should be handling both alone or at least with very little help. Did anyone stop to ask themselves how it was that our male colleagues were able for years to manage the startling feat of having a career and a family without being driven from their chosen profession? The answer was obvious. They had help. Enormous help that allowed them the freedom to focus on themselves and their careers.”
― Marie Henein, Nothing But the Truth

“I want to burden the conscience of the affluent with all the suffering and all the hidden bitter tears”
― Kate Evans