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Just because someone smiles doesn’t mean that they’re happy. ― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

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If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off. ― Agatha Christie

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But books–they’re different. When you watch a film, you’re sort of an outsider looking in. With a book–you’re right there. You are inside. You are the main character. Alice Oseman, Solitaire

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If you're always aiming for perfection, you won't make anything at all. ― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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“White shouldn’t be the default any more than straight should be the default. There shouldn’t even be a default.”

— Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

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I've always hated being asked if I'm OK. The available answers are either to lie and say I'm fine, or to massively and embarrassingly overshare. ― Alice Oseman, Loveless

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...things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases, you realize that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss, sometimes wonderfully. ― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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 "A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim." ― Maya Angelou

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I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own. — Audre Lorde

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Women and girls can do whatever they want. There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish. — Michelle Obama

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I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. – Rosa Parks

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"No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her own body." — Margaret Sanger

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

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"I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." — Eleanor Roosevelt

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"I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives." — Jane Austen

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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any." — Alice Walker

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“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” ― Marie Curie

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