“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.” ― Bette Davis

“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.” ― Elizabeth Peters

“Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?” ― Virginia Woolf

“Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.” ― Gillian Anderson

“Better to be strong than pretty and useless.” ― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels