Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

I am done looking for love where it doesn’t exist. I am done coughing up dust in attempts to drink from dry wells.

Ni dieu ni maître!(Neither God nor master)[Feminist and labour slogan translated to 'No gods, no masters']

Insofar as men gain time, ease, independence, or liberty from women's domestic labors, they lack incentive to change.

[The Yellow Wallpaper] was not intended to drive people crazy, but to save people from being driven crazy, and it worked.

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance".

...if you are the exception that proves the rule, and the rule is that woman are inferior, you haven't made any progress.

P33- the wail of the living had answered the call of universal motherhood within her wild beast which the dead could not still.

Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.

The start of empowering women comes with acknowledgment of thought that every born child is equal irrespective of its sex. 

A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.

I've heard it said that God made all men, but Samuel Colt made all men equal.We'd see what Mr. Colt could do for a woman.

Nowadays it is seen as a shame, to marry a girl who is a mother, who has never been married. I want to get rid of that prejudice.

So many men in my life have tried to “fix me”; they viewed me as a “fiery” being who is in need of taming

How could I choose someone who would force me to give up my own small reach for meaning? I chose myself, and without consolation.