When we, as young women, are given the space to read, the act becomes a happy, private corner … - Lena Dunham

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The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything. The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.

Lena Dunham

When we, as young women, are given the space to read, the act becomes a happy, private corner we can return to for the rest of our lives. We develop this love of reading by turning to stories that speak to the most special, secret parts of us.

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Girls are trained to say, ‘I wrote this, but it’s probably really stupid. ’ Well, no, you wouldn’t write a novel if you thought it was really stupid. Men are much more comfortable going, ‘I wrote this book because I have a unique perspective that the world needs to hear. ’ Girls are taught from the age of seven that if you get a compliment, you don’t go, ‘Thank you’, you go, ‘No, you’re insane.

Attitude, Compliment, Education, Girl, Hear, Wrote

Part of being a feminist is giving other women the freedom to make choices you might not necessarily make yourself.

Choices, Feminist, Freedom, Giving, Make, Women

Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

Directors, Mean, Story, Tell, Wait, Waiting

I wish that author [ E. L. James] all the success in the world. It's just not for me.

Wish, World, Success, Author

I consider being female such a unique gift, such a sacred joy, in ways that run so deep I can't articulate them. It's a special kind of privilege to be born into the body you wanted, to embrace the essence of your gender even as you recognize what you are up against. Even as you seek to redefine it.

Against, Deep, Essence, Running, Seek, Unique