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self-defining Quotes
Two of the best book quotes about self-defining
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“If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency.”
Bell Hooks
author
Feminism is for Everybody
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″ He expected her to feel what she did not know how to feel. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Americanah
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Ifemelu
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