Every housemaid expects at least once a week as much excitement as would have lasted a Jane Austen heroine throughout a whole… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Wonderful women! Have you ever thought how much we all, and women especially, owe to Shakespeare for his vindication of women in… — Ellen Terry Copy Share Image
The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear, we should not judge. — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
We aren't always comfortable witnessing real frailty or vulnerability in our heroines, but I like characters who struggle, and doubt, and who… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripatetic crusaders like Susan B.… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will, but pleasantly, and, as it were, merrily,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I am always naturally drawn to heroines that have human flaws because I enjoy people that have lived their life with courage… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
They're always such alive females. And also, all those love stories - no man in Austen has ever fallen in love with… — Anna Maxwell Martin Copy Share Image
I think I will always feel a special relationship with The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, because for me it was something very, very… — Catherine Deneuve Copy Share Image
Nature I believe in. True art aims to, represent men and women, not as my little self would have them, but as… — Ouida Copy Share Image
When the first-rate author wants an exquisite heroine or a lovely morning, he finds that all the superlatives have been worn shoddy… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I've got really prolific since I moved to Paris where I am living permanently, for the rest of my life, until I… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I think as women we've always been very used to growing up reading and identifying with male protagonists, especially in fantasy. There's… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm a heroine; I'm just somebody that can cheer the troops by singing to folks, and have receptions… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I think I should date a normal girl. I am tired of dating heroines. While I believe in marriage as an institution,… — Shahid Kapoor Copy Share Image
When actors do anti-hero roles, they are critically acclaimed. When heroines do negative roles, they are sidelined from the industry. — Sangeetha Krish Copy Share Image
We now have a national security consideration, public health issues, we have an epidemic of heroine overdoses in all places in this… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
September could see it. She did not know what is was she saw. That is the disadvantage of being a heroine, rather… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
I loved cinema from a very young age. I was also obsessed with Hitchcock and actresses like Kim Novak in Vertigo. They… — Erdem Moral?oglu Copy Share Image
Aren't hidden doors the most alluring? The old stories point that out surely. Even the greatest heroes and heroines fall under the… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“I've done nothing for the past five years but try to be the hero who protects her. The problem? Heroines don't need… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
“The day came when she discovered sex, sensuality, and literature; she said, 'I submit! Let my life be henceforth ruled by poetry.… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
She's the ulimate heroine, strong-willed and independent, intelligent, loyal, but at the same time, she's not flawless, she's not above mistakes, or… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“ Who are your favorite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“At least I could relate to Rose’s sense of adventure and Harriet Jones’ wacky determination and ingrained sense of responsibility. I can… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
The statement I wanted to make was that it makes no sense to put these real-life women into one limited template, so… — David Trumble Copy Share Image
I believe that our lives, just like fairy tales - the stories that have been written by us humans, through our own… — Lucinda Riley Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with Greek mythology. My favorite goddess is Artemis. She's strong and reminds me of Katniss, the heroine of The Hunger… — Isabelle Fuhrman Copy Share Image
What is a Gallagher Girl? She's a genius, a scientist, a heroine, a spy... a Gallagher Girl is whatever she wants to… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
What makes a heroine? I think I can answer that. A heroine is a woman who risks going too far in order… — Diane Keaton Copy Share Image
It's so reassuring to have a woman heroine who triumphs with more than just what she has on the outside... who has… — America Ferrera Copy Share Image
The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines - some of them leaders, some of them followers, all… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment, for every young lady has at some time or other… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Many of the heroines from outside Karnataka have worked in my films, but the attitude and adjusting nature of top South Indian… — Rockline Venkatesh Copy Share Image
If the hero is not a person, the emblem Of him, even if Xenophon, seems To stand taller than a person stands,… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
The one person whom I would like to be is Meryl Streep. Even at her age, she sits alongside the younger heroines… — Rani Mukerji Copy Share Image
To me Vivien Leigh was a tragic heroine of classic proportions: chosen, blessed and abandoned by the gods. Obstinately she tried to… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
![“For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the heroine out of the social sphere of the houses and their inhabitants, into a larger, lonelier world where she is free to think: walking…” quote by Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/654/rebecca-solnit-569_austen_for-jane-austen-and-the-readers-of-pride_2924842.png)
