" It’s often said that girls who grow up to be women at ease with themselves had loving, nurturing relationships with their fathers. To be appreciated and accepted by the first man in our lives gives us confidence to march that self out into the world, to feel that we will not be shunned for being both a woman and a complex human being. "

― Karen Karbo , In Praise of Difficult Women: Life Lessons From 29 Heroines Who Dared to Break the Rules