.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness,who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
~Anaïs Nin

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.
~Alanis Morissette

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.
~Lois Wyse