Quotes To Remember

||Chapter Four|| The one with the bitches

Theme: b.i.t.c.h.e.s.

1. ''Stop acting like you're perfect. All bitches got glitches.''

2. ''Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done.” -Madonna

3. “She didn't care that people called her a bitch. 'It's just another word for feminist,' she told me with pride.” -Gayle Forman, If I Stay

4.  “Unfortunately, the coughing drew her attention. "Are you dying or something?" she asked, affecting a perfect sneer as I shook my head. "Well, hacking up a lung out in public isn't all that attractive--just sayin'."

My face flamed, but then Benji leaned up and spoke around me. "Um, giving half the class an exhaustive summary every Monday morning--in lurid detail--of how much of an alcoholic skank you are? Isn't all that attractive either. Just sayin'.” -Tammara Webber, Easy

5. Fortunately, among werewolf women, the word "bitch" is not offensive. I was having a lot of fun with that. "Hey there, bitches!" I called as I came through the door. "What are my favorite bitches up to today?” -Molly Harper, Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men

6. “A bitch always smokes." He looks back at Lucy. "A bitch is the opposite of a whore. A bitch doesn't need anybody. Or she wants people to think she doesn't need anybody. And she smokes to prove it.” -C. JoyBell C., Saint Paul Trois Chateaux: 1948: A Novella by C. Joybell C.

7. “Some people say—not to my face, mind you—that I’m a cowardly son of a bitch. And that is simply not true. My mom is not a bitch.
” -Jarod Kintz, At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

8. “Who’s happy? Happy is just what people think they are when they can’t find anything to bitch about.” -Rasmenia Massoud, Human Detritus

9. “Hateful bitch of a world, it wouldn't ever last.” -Jack Kerouac, Book of Sketches

10. “Bitch: In praise of difficult women.” -Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women

11. “Robot. Is. Sad. Because silly bitch. Will. Not. Dance.” -Libba Bray

12. “I write books, bitch!” -Junnita Jackson

13. “In English class, someone flung a folded-up square of notebook paper onto the floor next to my right foot. I picked it up and opened it. It read, Bitch! Nobody had ever called me that before, and though I was automatically furious, deep down I was also flattered that I had elicited enough emotion to be worthy of the name.” -Gayle Forman, If I Stay

14. “That bitch fate had a nasty sense of humor.” -Lorelei James, All Jacked Up

15. “Whenever anyone has called me a bitch, I have taken it as a compliment. To me, a bitch is assertive, unapologetic, demanding, intimidating, intelligent, fiercely protective, in control — all very positive attributes. But it’s not supposed to be a compliment, because there’s that stupid double standard: When men are aggressive and dominant, they are admired, but when a woman possesses those same qualities, she is dismissed and called a bitch.

These days, I strive to be a bitch, because not being one sucks. Not being a bitch means not having your voice heard. Not being a bitch means you agree with all the bullshit. Not being a bitch means you don’t appreciate all the other bitches who have come before you. Not being a bitch means since Eve ate that apple, we will forever have to pay for her bitchiness with complacence, obedience, acceptance, closed eyes, and open legs.” -Margaret Cho