Rejected Princesses Quotes

“This is a book for any girl who ever felt she didn't fit in. You are not alone. You come from a long line of bold, strong, fearless women. Glory in that.”
― Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics

“What's 'suitable for kids' defines what sort of kids we as a society want. And right now, the girls society wants are the ones who can fit on a short list—while the list for boys is without borders or end.”
― Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics

“She begin to read. And read. And in short order, she became dangerous.”
― Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics

“What’s “suitable for kids” defines what sort of kids we as a society want. And right now, the girls society wants are the ones who can fit on a short list—while the list for boys is without borders or end. If girls can be anything, let them be anything.”
― Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, & Heretics

“But second is that it shows a common misunderstanding of how history works—because history is not an unchanging record of facts and figures. History changes. It shifts and evolves, as does our understanding of it.”
― Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, & Heretics

“If girls can be anything, let them be anything.”
― Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, & Heretics

“a reminder to everyone that a pissed-off woman is nothing to trifle with.”
― Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, & Heretics

“During some of the darkest days of the American Revolution, a courageous patriot risked life and limb to alert the rebels to the approaching British. This hero rode at breakneck speeds on a rain-slick night through dangerous territory, evading enemy soldiers and brigands to rouse the Americans against the menace at their doors. Paul who? We’re talking about Sybil Ludington, a 16-year-old girl.”
― Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, & Heretics

“To see beauty in the world and say it is ugly; to get up in the morning and do what you cannot do; and to give free rein to your dreams, because those who dream too much become victims of their dreams.”
― Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, & Heretics

“. . . time and time again her allies would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.”
― Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics

“Born in the kingdom of Granada, she was forced to flee as a child when the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella drove the Muslims out of Europe with bloody force. Swearing”
― Jason Porath, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, & Heretics