A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman is a dreamer. A woman is a planner. A woman is a maker, and a molder. A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman builds bridges. A woman makes children and makes cars. A woman writes poetry and songs. A woman is a person who makes choices. You cannot even simply become a mother anymore. You must choose motherhood. Will you choose change? Can you become its vanguard?

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— Eleanor Holmes Norton, in a commencement address at Wellsley College, as quoted in Crazy Salad by Nora Ephron (I’m reading everything by Ephron lately and loving it)