About the book

A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants.   Coco Chanel

As writers and thinkers, leaders and innovators, creators and counsellors, women have given us countless words to enlighten, encourage, challenge and console. This timely collection of uplifting quotations brings together some of the wisest, wittiest and most thought-provoking pronouncements of women from ancient times to the present day.