“I will not stand for being called a woman in my own house…”

“Not all his men may sever this,
 It yields to friends', not monarchs', calls;
My whinstone house my castle is—
 I have my own four walls.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“The woman must feel secure in being a woman in the first place, since the woman is the blueprint and the foundation of the house.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“In my house there's this light switch that doesn't do anything. Every so often I would flick it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman in Madagascar. She said”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author

“I personally like being unique. I like being my own person with my own style and my own opinions and my own toothbrush.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

“What I feel for her is a wholly different emotion. It stands and walks on its own, living and breathing and throbbing and shaking me to the roots of my being.”

Haruki Murakami book Norwegian Wood

“From the moment I leave my house or my hotel room, the public owns me.”

Alice Cooper (1948) American rock singer, songwriter and musician

“I was my own woman.
The next step was to find the proper sort of man.”

Sylvia Plath book The Bell Jar

“People ask me what the "T" stands for in my name. If you're a man, the "T" stands for tough. If you're a woman or child, it stands for tender!”

Mr. T (1952) American actor and retired professional wrestler

“I, being born a woman and distressed By all the needs and notions of my kind…”

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) American poet