Let's Call Her Barbie Quotes

“Ruth thinks about all the women her age, about their mothers and grandmothers, too—and about all the potential that’s been stymied and wasted. She thinks about the novels that could have been written, the music composed, the scientific breakthroughs made, the diseases that might have been cured, and the political agendas that could have been set if only those women had been encouraged to follow their dreams.”
― Renée Rosen, Let's Call Her Barbie

“If you’re a fan of business capers, I highly recommend Toy Monster by Jerry Oppenheimer and Barbie and Ruth by Robin Gerber. Ruth Handler’s own biography, Dream Doll, paints yet another version. I leave it up to the reader to decide what really happened.”
― Renée Rosen, Let's Call Her Barbie

“She can already picture herself growing apathetic, and though it’s counterintuitive, she knows that doing anything half-assed is more exhausting than giving something your all.”
― Renée Rosen, Let's Call Her Barbie