Before we can resist male domination, we must break our attachment to sexism; we must work to transform female consciousness. Working together to expose, examine and eliminate sexist socialization within ourselves, women would strengthen and affirm one another and build a solid foundation for developing politial solidarity.

-bell hooks

Don’t let the outsiders know the fire inside your house.

-old Sri Lankan proverb

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

-Maya Angelou

I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.

-Malala Yousafzai

There are three things that can be beaten: a drum, a dog, and a woman.

-old Sri Lankan proverb

Tell your story. Shout it. Write it. Whisper it if you have to. But tell it. Some won’t understand it. Some will outright reject it. But many will thank you for it. And then the most magical thing will happen. One by one, voices will start whispering, ‘Me, too.’ And your tribe will gather. And you will never feel alone again.

-L. R. Knost

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

-Maya Angelou

We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.

-Malala Yousafzai