“And I reminded myself that a woman should be able to dress as she liked without a man hurting her...”

“A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.”

“I think," Ella said, "that what a woman does or doesn't do should be up to the woman, and she should make up her own mind and not change it when the wind starts to blow. I think a woman should be who she is, not what others expect her to be. And if she wants to go to a dance looking for a man, she should go and not feel like she has to explain herself. And if she want to have her own farm, she should do that and not feel like she has to explain that, either. And…I think you should be quiet now.”

“Every man's dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hands”

“A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.”

“A woman puts on a new dress eyeliner lip gloss to please others. A woman paints her toes to please herself. And if there was one thing I was familiar with it was pleasing...There's no way to finish that sentence without embarrassing myself.”