Words have the power to change our lives. As writers and thinkers, mothers and daughters, creators and counsellors, women have given us countless words to enlighten, encourage, challenge and console. This timely collection of uplifting quotations brings together the wisest, wittiest and most thought-provoking pronouncements of women from ancient times to the present day. AUTHOR: Rebecca Foster is a writer and poet. When she is not writing in her cosy study, her interests include kayaking and French cookery.