Be a full person. Motherhood is a glorious gift, but do not define yourself solely by motherhood. Be a full person. Your child will benefit from that.

We have a world full of women who are unable to exhale fully because they have for so long been conditioned to fold themselves into shapes to make themselves likeable.

If we don't place the straitjacket of gender roles on young children, we give them space to reach their full potential.

Because when there is true equality, resentment does not exist.

That a woman claims not to be feminist does not diminish the necessity of feminism. If anything, it makes us see the extent of the problem, the successful reach of patriarchy.

There must be more than male benevolence as the basis for a woman's well-being.

Teach her to question men who can have empathy for women only if they see them as relational rather than as individual equal humans.

Make dressing a question of taste and attractiveness instead of a question of morality.

A father is as much a verb as a mother.

Words can mean nothing, or be daggers in someone's heart. Choose them wisely.

I try to keep the happy memories. If that's what you call selective memories, I'm good with that.

He had been so busy getting away from the library, he hadn't paid attention to where he was going.

You might be a redneck if the hood and one door are a different color from the rest of your car.

Knowledge is the source of Wealth. Applied to tasks we already know, it becomes Productivity. Applied to tasks that are new, it becomes Innovation.

Darwinism is not merely a support for naturalistic philosophy: it is a product of naturalistic philosophy.

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.

Your integrity is more precious than your life.

I'm more of a perfectionist. I need to be sure everything is exactly where I would want it.

I still love him. And here's the worst part. I want him back. - Ree