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Being pregnant was very much like falling in love. You are so open. You are so overjoyed. There’s no words that can express having a baby growing inside of you so, of course, you want to scream it out and tell everyone.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles Love is so blind, it feels right when it’s wrong.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles The reality is, sometimes, you lose. And you’re never too good to lose. And you’re never too big to lose. You’re never too smart to lose.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles Love is something that never goes out of style.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles Everyone’s not good at everything, it’s ok to depend on someone.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? Like bootylicious.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles Who runs the world? Girls.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles I’m learning how to drown out the constant noise that is such an inseparable part of my life. I don’t have to prove anything to anyone, I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles I went to a high school for the performing arts and I lived and breathed music. It kept me focused; it kept me sane.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles A woman is most beautiful when she smiles.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles When you’re famous, no one looks at you as a human anymore. You become the property of the public.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles Independnce comes from you knowing who you are and you being happy with yourself.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles Power is not given to you. You have to take it.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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I am a woman and when I think, I must speak.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles My idea of a true feminist is a woman who feels free enough to do whatever she wants.
Lana Del ReyLana Del Rey What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath The hardest thing, I think, is to live richly in the present, without letting it be tainted and spoiled out of fear for the future or regret for a badly-managed past.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? Like bootylicious.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles It’s awful bad luck to bring a woman aboard the ship. It’s awful worse luck not to.
Johnny DeppJohnny Depp We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.
Beyonce KnowlesBeyonce Knowles I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde