Tell Ourselves Stories, Live, Joan Didion

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” ― Joan Didion, The White Album

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.

Birth, Sex, Limit to Genius, Charlotte Bronte

“Neither birth nor sex forms a limit to genius.” - Charlotte Bronte

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 3.

Cannot Be An Optimist, Prisoner of Hope, Cornel West

“I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.” ― Cornel West

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6176.Cornel_West.

Want to be a Writer, Two Things, Read a Lot, Write a Lot, Stephen King

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ― Stephen King

Found on GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King.

No Man, Liberal, Radical, Conservative Advocate, Unpaid or Underpaid Labor, Gloria Steinem

“No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play if his work depends in any way of the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home or in the workplace.” - Gloria Steinem

Found in The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion, by Gloria Steinem, page 64.

Wake Up One Morning, Got It, Moms Mabley

“You just wake up one morning, and you got it!” (on old age) – Moms Mabley

Found in The Last Word: A Treasury of Women's Quotes, by Carolyn Warner, page 23.

Life Changes, Ordinary Instant, Joan Didion

“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.” ― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/238.Joan_Didion.