Holly Robinson

“To bring about a revolution of the heart, you have to let your heart break. Letting your heart break means sinking into the pain that’s underneath the anger.... If you don’t accept the suffering, hurt can turn to hatred.”
― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

“That is why we women have to lift each other up—not to replace men at the top of the hierarchy, but to become partners with men in ending hierarchy.”
― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

“It's the mark of a backward society - or a society moving backward - when decisions are made for women by men.”
― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

“Wisdom isn’t about accumulating more facts; it’s about understanding big truths in a deeper way. Year by year, with the support and insights of friends and partners and people who have gone before me, I see more clearly that the primary causes of poverty and illness are the cultural, financial, and legal restrictions that block what women can do—and think they can do—for themselves and their children.”
― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World