Patricia V. Davis QUOTES

1 " I can be totally feminine and totally feminist. The two are not mutually exclusive. "

― Patricia V. Davis , The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know

2 " Become a parent. Lose your autonomy, but gain the wondrous superpower of The Magic Kiss that instantly dries tears and makes the pain of boo-boos disappear. "

― Patricia V. Davis , Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece

3 " The only thing you should be faking is confidence. If you don't have it yet, pretend that you do. Pretend you're not nervous, pretend you're not scared, and after a while, the pretend part disappears. "

― Patricia V. Davis , The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know

4 " As women of the western world, we see our sisters in other lands being raped, maimed and even executed simply for trying to exercise the most basic freedoms, such as taking a bus alone or wearing a bright red sweater. And when we look at our own world, we see that it too still lacks equality for the sexes.

It's a terrible thing to go through one's entire lifetime not getting to do all the things we dream of doing just because others say we're not permitted to do them, and to know that they will hurt us if we try.

But far, far worse than that is when there's not a thing or a person outside that's stopping us from living exactly as we wish, but we stop ourselves; internally we do not give ourselves permission, simply because we're too scared of what will happen if we dare. "

― Patricia V. Davis , The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know

5 " My tumultuous feelings were getting stronger and had to be evaded aggressively. One was especially tenacious: 'Would it really be so bad to leave Gregori? "

― Patricia V. Davis , Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece

6 " If I had a daughter, here's what I'd tell her:

One day, when you've worked hard for what you want, when people see that you are confident and intelligent and that you recognize your own self-worth, when you take care of yourself, support yourself, and stand up for yourself, that is the day that the world will call you "a cruel and selfish bitch."

It's a tough title to earn and you should be and proud of it. "

― Patricia V. Davis , The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know

7 " Two things I try to remember:

My cultural, social, and financial environments formulate my view of the world. My age, sex, race, where I was born, who raised me, and who my inner circle is formulate my view of the world. My education, my exposure to new and different things, or lack thereof, formulate my view of the world. My view of the world formulates my opinions. But, if there's a missing piece from my world view, I can't have an informed, intelligent opinion on it. So, for example, if I've never experienced the color purple, my only informed opinions can be on the other colors. Not purple. I can say, "I don't like purple," or "I like purple," but in either case, my opinion has no significance.

The second thing I try to remember is that just because someone has a different opinion than I do, and he tells me so, it doesn't mean I'm being persecuted. In actual fact, it might mean that I'm about to learn something big. "

― Patricia V. Davis

8 " It's only young people who make giant, life-altering decisions based on what other people might think, and it's because they don't see their own death looming. Their fear is, "Will my family, friends and lovers admire me?" whereas an older person's fear is that vision of themselves lying in a hospital bed, a breathing tube up their nose and the thought running through their heads, "Why didn't I at least try to do what I wanted to do, while I had the chance? "

― Patricia V. Davis

9 " When a good woman stops being afraid, the devil turns and runs. "

― Patricia V. Davis , Cooking for Ghosts (The Secret Spice Cafe Trilogy, #1)

10 " Every human being has had their heart broken, every person you'll ever meet lives on a daily basis with a private pain they work hard to conceal. "

― Patricia V. Davis , Cooking for Ghosts (The Secret Spice Cafe Trilogy, #1)