“Books gave me a way to connect with my father. Some of my most precious and treasured moments… [Trails off and tears up] I just remember him reading to me before bed and how he used to do all the different voices. I grew up on film sets, and books were my connection to the outside world. They were my connection to my friends back at school because if I was reading what they were reading we’d have something in common. Later in life, they became an escape, a means of empowerment, a friend I could rely on.” — Emma Watson
I feel like young girls are told they have to be a princess, and be delicate and fragile, and that’s bulls**t. I identify much more with the idea of being a warrior, being a fighter. If I was going to be a princess, I’d be a warrior princess, definitely.
“It is always surprising for me, to see how long this period of time is, where I have come and from where I started. It is pleasant to follow that journey.”
Don’t ever hear in your own head ‘Who am I to say something?’ You are a human being, you are a person. You can 100% change the world. And it’s small ways, it’s every day ways. The little things really count and really matter.