Libba Bray Quotes

Women are allowed to exist in this very narrow lane, but as soon as you step out of that lane, people want to stone you.

Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men-they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.

For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable.

I think there are a lot of rules for women. We have a lot of expectations and a lot of rules for women. So we're expected to march in a straight line, and when we don't, all hell breaks loose.

Society certainly encourages women to be victims in every way.

Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.

Control of females is mandatory for a successful, civilized, humane and compassionate society

It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.'

What I find weird is that the term 'chick lit' is used to encompass literally anything a woman writes about relationships. It's the assumption that because you're female, you must write in a certain way. I don't understand why that is - it is a bit demeaning.

It's hard for women every single day; we have to be nice, but not too nice, ambitious, but not too ambitious. It puts a lot of pressure on what we should and can be.

As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.

The notion that somehow women are wildly different infuriates me.

As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song, that it would actually benefit both them and society if - to quote Professor Higgins - a woman could be more like a man.

The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.

I think feeling responsible for stuff that goes wrong is an inherent part of being female.

There's more pressure on women to be chirpy and perky.

Basically, women have to prove they are strong at all times. And then when they go on the attack, they have to not appear mean because those women often get the label of being catty.

For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman.

A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.

Women have talent and intelligence but, due to social constraints and prejudices, it is still a long distance away from the goal of gender equality.

There is this idea that you have to play heroines or women who succeed.

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.

If it's a woman, it's caustic; if it's a man, it's authoritative.

Just because I'm a woman does not mean I have to deal with everything to do with food.