--- title: "2 Female character Quotes By Sara Pascoe" description: "2 Female character quotes by Sara Pascoe. Plus more from Sara Pascoe and more Female character sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/sara-pascoe-3853_female-character_if-you-view-history-as-a-backdrop-set-dr_989489.jpg" --- > [If you view history as a backdrop, set-dressing or fiction, then 'Pride and Prejudice' is hugely entertaining. My reread saw the misery of the female characters' reality. My new reaction was sadness and fury. Knowledge ruins everything!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/if-you-view-history-as-a-backdrop-set-dressing-or-fiction-then-pride/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/sara-pascoe-3853_female-character_if-you-view-history-as-a-backdrop-set-dr_989489.jpg) > [A show that I loved as a kid was 'Maid Marian And Her Merry Men'. It was a really strong female character making fun of the boys, an inversion of gender politics. But it was very funny, too. I always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/a-show-that-i-loved-as-a-kid-was-maid-marian-and-her-merry-men-it-was/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/sara-pascoe-3853_character_a-show-that-i-loved-as-a-kid-was-maid-ma_1762226.jpg) ## Other authors on Female character - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-geena-davis-37178.jpg) Geena Davis 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/female-character/geena-davis/) - [Noelle Stevenson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/female-character/noelle-stevenson/) - [Madchen Amick 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/female-character/madchen-amick/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joss-whedon-53730.jpg) Joss Whedon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/female-character/joss-whedon/) ## More by Sara Pascoe > [I wrote on my website that veganism isn't right for everyone and the first thing you have to consider is nutrition. I was saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/i-wrote-on-my-website-that-veganism-isn-t-right-for-everyone-and-the/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [There's nothing you can't tell to an audience, because they're all people who've had lives. The only thing they don't want to watch is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/there-s-nothing-you-can-t-tell-to-an-audience-because-they-re-all/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [I thought all comedy was stupid. I went to watch a friend do stand-up and I thought absolutely everyone was terrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/i-thought-all-comedy-was-stupid-i-went-to-watch-a-friend-do-stand-up/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [Someone who didn't do comedy might think it was awful to have someone talking about you. But I just love the attention, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/someone-who-didn-t-do-comedy-might-think-it-was-awful-to-have-someone/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [“Suddenly, an idea swooshed into his marsupial brain like a small propeller plane buzzing a crowd. ‘Why didn’t I think of that?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/suddenly-an-idea-swooshed-into-his-marsupial-brain-like-a-small/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [“What’s “ague?”‘ Raya asked. ‘Malaria.’ Oscar said. ‘Oh, great.’ ‘Hey, you want plague? They got that too.’ Raya ignored the cat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/what-s-ague-raya-asked-malaria-oscar-said-oh-great-hey-you-want/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [Extensive analysis was conducted before deciding whether consumers would respond better to a male or female imprisoned in their phone. Almost every country in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/extensive-analysis-was-conducted-before-deciding-whether-consumers/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [“The light inside houses was always so golden yellow. Oswald wondered if humans saved up sunshine and piped it through their lamps.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/the-light-inside-houses-was-always-so-golden-yellow-oswald-wondered/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [I could barely function as an adult; I slept through alarm clocks and lost train tickets mid-journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/i-could-barely-function-as-an-adult-i-slept-through-alarm-clocks-and/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [It's unfair but true: youth is attractive, curvy women are attractive, outliers who look a bit different to everybody else are attractive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/it-s-unfair-but-true-youth-is-attractive-curvy-women-are-attractive/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [When I was little, I wore shoes that were too small for me for years, so my feet grew weird, so my little toenails…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/when-i-was-little-i-wore-shoes-that-were-too-small-for-me-for-years/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [The Apollo seats 3,600 people: I could hear them making a huge noise for Milton Jones and Lee Mack. If the audience doesn't make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/the-apollo-seats-3-600-people-i-could-hear-them-making-a-huge-noise/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [Standup is a place where, as long as it's funny enough, you can say your most embarrassing things, shameful things and disappointing things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/standup-is-a-place-where-as-long-as-it-s-funny-enough-you-can-say/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [Much of the discussion around how people look at women focuses on culture, as if the media is entirely to blame. As if, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/much-of-the-discussion-around-how-people-look-at-women-focuses-on/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) > [When I was a small child we were allowed to wait up until midnight on 31 December. Then as the TV chimed, Dad would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-pascoe/when-i-was-a-small-child-we-were-allowed-to-wait-up-until-midnight-on/) [Sara Pascoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-pascoe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/female-character/sara-pascoe/#itemlist", "name": "2 Female character Quotes By Sara Pascoe", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you view history as a backdrop, set-dressing or fiction, then 'Pride and Prejudice' is hugely entertaining. My reread saw the misery of the female characters' reality. My new reaction was sadness and fury. 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