Behind any successful damsel is a dandy who is always…

“You'd better come in handy. Something tells me we won't have time to be saving damsels in distress." Anna's brows knit. "Damsels? You get…

— Kendare Blake

“Sometimes the damsel needs to save the prince”

— L.A. Fiore

For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The media had built my perception of being a strong woman because of my personal life. I wanted to play the damsel in distress,…

— Neena Gupta

I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.

— James Patterson

“See what I mean? You fell off. You're such a damsel in distress.”

— Peach-Pit

“The worm doth woo the mortal, death claims a living bride, Night unto day is married, morn unto eventide, Earth a merry damsel, and…

— Emily Dickinson

“What every man should desire is an ugly woman with a beautiful heart, not a beautiful woman with an ugly heart.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“Because of their DNA, most men loved a damsel in distress. Every time a man sees a pretty lass in trouble, even the boorish…

— Mallika Nawal

I'm not interested in being the damsel in distress; I want someone who has her own storyline and her own mission - not a…

— Eleanor Tomlinson

I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.

— Jennifer Armintrout

“It's a damn good thing I'm not the damsel in distress type; we'd all be f*cked.”

— RM Gilmore

“Isn't that what a gentleman does? Rescues a damsel in distress?”

— Julianne Donaldson

“Every damsel in distress deserves a hero...”

— Tracy Anne Warren

I don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim.

— Scarlett Johansson