--- title: "2 Female character Quotes By Seanan McGuire" description: "2 Female character quotes by Seanan McGuire. Plus more from Seanan McGuire and more Female character sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/seanan-mcguire-972_female-character_i-think-part-of-the-pressure-put-on-stro_1547992.jpg" --- > [I think part of the pressure put on 'strong female characters' comes from the fact that there is so often 'the team girl,' who must be all things to all people. Part of avoiding that is having as many female…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/i-think-part-of-the-pressure-put-on-strong-female-characters-comes/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/seanan-mcguire-972_female-character_i-think-part-of-the-pressure-put-on-stro_1547992.jpg) > [I am a cisgender woman who has always had a lot of female friends. While many of us have traits in common, none of us will ever be exactly the same. So it's enormously important to me that my female…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/i-am-a-cisgender-woman-who-has-always-had-a-lot-of-female-friends/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/seanan-mcguire-972_female-character_i-am-a-cisgender-woman-who-has-always-ha_2005487.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 Seanan McGuire > [“First, check your ammunition. Then, check your escape routes. Finally, check your hair. —Frances Brown”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/first-check-your-ammunition-then-check-your-escape-routes-finally/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“The Moors were beautiful in their own way, and if their beauty was the quiet sort that required time and introspection to be seen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/the-moors-were-beautiful-in-their-own-way-and-if-their-beauty-was-the/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“Technically this is assault and Henry would tell me to verbally request that you not file a sexual harassment claim against me,” she said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/technically-this-is-assault-and-henry-would-tell-me-to-verbally/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“Cats never listen. They’re dependable that way; when Rome burned, the emperor’s cats still expected to be fed on time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/cats-never-listen-they-re-dependable-that-way-when-rome-burned-the/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“You got out of bed. The universe does seem to take that as a personal affront.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/you-got-out-of-bed-the-universe-does-seem-to-take-that-as-a-personal/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“Jeff sighed. “Henry. You know as well as I do that any one of us could do a great deal of damage if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/jeff-sighed-henry-you-know-as-well-as-i-do-that-any-one-of-us-could/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“Love doesn't care what you want. Love doesn't care if it's convenient. Love pursues its own agenda, and there's no bullet in the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/love-doesn-t-care-what-you-want-love-doesn-t-care-if-it-s-convenient/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“We can’t save them if they don’t want to be saved. It doesn’t work that way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/we-can-t-save-them-if-they-don-t-want-to-be-saved-it-doesn-t-work/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“Damn." "I know." "I mean seriously...damn." "Yeah." "When you decide it's time to up the ante on getting into deep shit, you don't mess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/damn-i-know-i-mean-seriously-damn-yeah-when-you-decide-it-s-time-to/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [It's very important to me that people get to see themselves in stories. When someone tells me they've never seen themselves, I have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/it-s-very-important-to-me-that-people-get-to-see-themselves-in/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“I didn't look back. Sometimes, not looking back is the only mercy the world has left to show.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/i-didn-t-look-back-sometimes-not-looking-back-is-the-only-mercy-the/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“I’ve had rest enough to last a lifetime, and only a lifetime for the rest of what’s to be done,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/i-ve-had-rest-enough-to-last-a-lifetime-and-only-a-lifetime-for-the/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“The history of the human race has been one long quest to find new, novel things, and then kill, eat, or enslave them. There’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/the-history-of-the-human-race-has-been-one-long-quest-to-find-new/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [I made the choice not to have children, so I can spend my days just writing; there are no kids demanding my time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/i-made-the-choice-not-to-have-children-so-i-can-spend-my-days-just/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) > [“Fran blinked. Fran removed a biscuit from her bag, taking a thoughtful bite and chewing slowly before she swallowed. And finally, Fran asked the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/fran-blinked-fran-removed-a-biscuit-from-her-bag-taking-a-thoughtful/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/female-character/seanan-mcguire/#itemlist", "name": "2 Female character Quotes By Seanan McGuire", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think part of the pressure put on 'strong female characters' comes from the fact that there is so often 'the team girl,' who must be all things to all people. 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