Exemplary Real-Life Heartless Bitches, 2003
Heather - "I respect people who generate and nurture their own self worth and who do not rely on others to boost their self-esteem."
Parvati - "Earn my respect."
Jenna - "I am what all feminists should be and what every misogynist should have to face."
Rayvn - "Know who you are and what you want. Don't settle for anything less. Don't let people tell you that just because you don't meet the standard for beauty that you HAVE to settle for what you deserve and desire in love, life, or anything."
Stef - "I'm not your mother, I'm not your bitch, and I don't give a damn."
Barbara - "I'm actually not heartless; I just have a low shit-threshold."
Lia - "Fix it yourself."
Dyan - "When I had first started college and couldn't decide on a major, my mother suggested that I marry a rich man so that I wouldn't "have to worry about a career." I told her that I wanted a good career so that I wouldn't have to worry about getting married."
Sarah - "Not only should we be bloody grateful for feminism, we should ensure that we should acknowledge the struggle previous generations of women to achieve these rights by making the most of ourselves."
Susan - "It takes a mighty fine husband to be better than none."
Susan - "I am the only one in charge of my destiny, and it is up to me to work with the options I have before me."
Katie - "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.-Mary Pettibone Poole
Laura - "I'm not looking for a fight, but if you decide to present me with one, I'd be happy to beat your ass into the ground."
Dotty - "I am my own concept of beauty."
Elizabeth - "If you won't do something to help yourself, don't bother me about it."
Sharon - "I am getting those "power surges" that come with peri-menopause and being in that age group is bringing wisdom and freedom to be me (happily a Heartless Bitch)."
Wendy - "I am Heartless Bitch because I believe in always being true to myself. It's my life and no one can change that right or take it away from me."
Misty - "Sure, I don't always get what I want... on time."
Gwen - "If I have to deal with one more person telling that they did something because "well that's what men/women do". Stop using your Gender as a defense and grow up. For that matter stop making gross overgeneralizations about everything."
Peggy - "Ironically, though I've spent my life trying not to compete with and perform for other women, here I am doing it voluntarily."
Clare - "There is one thing worse than evil itself, and that is indifference to it."
Cori - "To whine is princess. To bitch devine."
Claire - "If you like meek, go somewhere else."
Quis - "Rules? Ignore them and make your own!"
Helen - "I'd rather be a Heartless Bitch than a brainless cow!"
Angela - "You cannot make someone else's choices. You should not let someone else make yours."
Anusha - "No, I do NOT want to: a)join your church; b)marry your grandson/nephew/classmate's cousin; c)end up like you, so please piss off."
Kimberly - "I am surrounded by incompetence. If pointing out this fact makes me a bitch, then so be it!"
Jenifer - "My least favorite phrase is "brutal honesty". There's nothing brutal about it - just don't ask my opinion if your ego is easily crushed under the weight of words."
Laura - "Don't like it? Don't waste my time."
Annie - "My intelligence is too high a price to pay for your company. I'd rather be rich in my solitude than starved for stimulation."
Sondra - "Respect appears miraculously as soon as you are worthy of it."
Rafa - "If you are going to sit there, waiting for Mr. Right, it's OK by me. Just don't expect me to wait with you. I have better things to do, like staring at the ceiling."
Angela - "If I want plastic friends I'll collect Barbie dolls. Their heads are just as hollow, but there's less inane chatter."
Rafa - "If you don't know how to do it, learn or shut up!! I learned myself, and I can assure it is not impossible."
Dameinareddress - "Growing up is about personal responsibility and figuring out what you want. It's about being active and changing situations that you dislike."
Gwen - "I don't require your permission or your approval to live my life as I see fit."
Ann - "I'm not your mother, clean up your own mess."
Shandi - "If you cry me a river about some horrible situation you brought upon yourself, I'll leave you to drown in it. I'll probably throw in the cement flippers for free."
Charissa - "Stop whining and DO something about it, already!"
Sandy - "An over inflated ego needs a pin, not a stroke!"
Faye - "If I seem nice, it's only because you aren't an asshole."
Anna - "Don't mind me; get a mind."
Alicia - "I'm a good woman, but not necessarily a nice one. Life is not a Miss Congeniality contest."
Emily - "I'm not your mama. Whine to someone else."
Sienna - "If you are a woman who cannot accept and embrace both your strengths AND weaknesses, don't bother declaring yourself a Bitch unless it's preceded by the word "silly""
Kourtney - "Conversation is the test that separates the intelligent from the dumbasses, but most importantly conversation separates the people worth my time and the people who aren't."
Rebecca - "When you settle for less than you deserve, you get about half of what you settled for."
Marcia - "I wear pink lipstick because I like it... I make sure to line it fully so you can better read my lips when I tell you to fuck off."
Cathy - "If you can't stimulate me mentally, what makes you think your dick will improve the situation?"
Melanie - "Don't kid yourself, size *does* matter, if it didn't you wouldn't be so emphatic about that fact."
Katherine - ""'Me Tarzan, you Jane,' will most likely be met with a spout of flame the likes of which you have probably never seen before, and if you can't get into your asbestos suit fast enough, it's not our fault." -Lisa Michaud, from "Girls Who Wear Glasses""
Kseniya - "As long as you're making some effort, I'll lend a hand, because sometimes life is rough and everybody has times when they're down, but don't sit in a purple puddle and expect me to put up with it. Deal!"
Holly - "Stupidity and ignorance are diseases of choice. I have no time for people who refuse to heal themselves."
Deborah - "It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not."
Stephanie - "If I am a bitch for fighting my own battles, being my own person, knowing and fighting for what I want, then so be it."
Demonicanevil - "If following your heart takes you to the same crummy place you've always been unhappy with, consider following your brain."
Jennifer - "It took me a long time to find out that I liked myself. And it's going to take a hell of a lot longer for you to convince me that I'm wrong."
Kate - "Don't describe your life as a doormat to me, only you can change it, you did it to yourself...fix it yourself, nobody else can."
Gina - "Dreaming about the perfect guy is useless. There are so many things you can do instead like really talk to other people -- men or women."
Brenda - "I don't have to take a step down to become any one or any man's equal."
Nedda - "I get what I work for."
Cindy - "Most boys have read Nietzsche, what you don't know is most women have too. Quoting a world class Misogynist is so unbelievably not impressive."
Kim - "Say what you've got to say."
Zindzi - "Diarrhea of the mouth, constipation of the ideas."
Jill - "I say what I want, do what I want, and I will be who I want. And if that makes me a so-called "Heartless Bitch" I will gladly take the title."
Anne - "I refuse to be disturbed by someone else's appalling lack of interpersonal skills."
Ashley - "I'm not afraid to jump, I'm afraid not to jump. I need to live a life unafraid of the consequences of change."
Anastasia - "No matter what happens today you can always go to sleep and when you wake up it will be tomorrow. By that time if you are still pissed off about what happened yesterday, I don't want to fucking hear about it."
Bridgett - "Becoming the exact opposite of what you hate isn't individuality--it's conformity. Becoming what you want to be, no matter what, is true freedom."
Johanna - "I don't talk about how I would like to live my life--I live it."
Keturah - "The problem with being open-minded is that not only does so much trash blow in, but you risk your brain falling out."
Katie - "I can kill with my smile and wound with my eyes. I am known best for putting the fear of God into my fellow humans."
Leah - "If someone is an asshole or a loser, it's because they choose to be. Stop screaming about and society and bad mommies, and stop giving them sympathy. They'll never learn to walk their own path if you keep handing them crutches."
Dawn - "Love me, Hate me, but whatever you do, don't tolerate me!"
Lauren - "I am responsible for my own happiness in this life and none other."
Erykah - "The worst enemy you could have is yourself."
Writ - "Learn the difference between constructive criticism and personal insults. I'm giving you the former; keep this bullshit up, and you'll get a good solid dose of the latter."
Eveliina - "My choice to make love to you doesn't mean I'll let you fuck with my brain."
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