"Those who don't play chess think that the king is the most important piece because the game is over when he dies. They don't know that the king is useless without his queen."
That being chosen—or not chosen—was not the thing that made me valuable. I was valuable regardless. I was enough, all on my own. I wanted to climb down and rest my head on his shoulder, but instead I just ducked my head.
“Wait just a minute, Addie. You know what I like to see? A woman who knows her strength. A woman who owns the fact that she is smart and creative a woman who can
get things done. Addie, you are a powerful woman."