Young action heroines feel in service of male gaze, rather than being the full complexity of a human being. — Esme Creed-Miles Copy Share Image
Unless we believe in the hero, what is there To believe? Incisive what, the fellow Of what good. Devise. Make him of… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
I’m a huge fan of the books myself, so to know that I got to play Clary – who’s a literary heroine… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to be an action heroine. That's a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and… — Olivia Thirlby Copy Share Image
I enjoy heroines who grow and come into their own during the course of a story. — Maggie Shayne Copy Share Image
I am not like other heroines who throw tantrums or make a fuss about the kissing or bikini act. — Rituparna Sengupta Copy Share Image
I can't expect to be playing the lead and romancing heroines, so I'll do what I'm best suited for and I'm doing… — Chunky Pandey Copy Share Image
I think heroines would be pretty boring if they were perfect all the time. — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Male authors always take care to make their heroes at least one inch taller than they are, and considerably more muscular. Just… — Lee Child Copy Share Image
“He pinned me in place with a direct look, his dark brown eyes smoldering. “You’re Mary Jane,” he said finally. “And you… — J.M. Richards Copy Share Image
“Suddenly the realisation dawned on me; this was my own doing, I'd been forever bored of my little life; I was no… — Jennifer West Copy Share Image
Love, to the inferior man, remains almost wholly a physical matter. The heroine he most admires is the one who offers the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Ananna of Tanarau is a delightfully irascible heroine, inhabiting a fascinating and fresh new world that I would love to spend more… — Celine Kiernan Copy Share Image
If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the… — Eve Best Copy Share Image
No doubt, much of the joy of a great romance is the moment when these stoic heroes crack open and reveal themselves… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She's selfish, she's childish, she's… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
In How to Be an American Housewife Margaret Dilloway creates an irresistible heroine. Shoko is stubborn, contrary, proud, a wonderful housewife and… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
No doubt Carlyle has a propensity to exaggerate the heroic in history, that is, he creates you an ideal hero rather than… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar - a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The heroines in 'That's What She Said' are flawed, messy, damaged, hilarious and culpable and not really concerned about being acceptable to… — Carrie Preston 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
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Heroine: Girl in a book who is saved from drowning by a hero and marries him next week, but if it was… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I think I'm up for not trying to play a literary heroine. I think I'd rather just do someone that has just… — Lily James Copy Share Image
I was never interested in roles where I would have to dance and romance heroines. — Saswata Chatterjee Copy Share Image
If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard? — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
A Touch of Crimson explodes with passion and heat. A hot, sexy angel to die for and a gutsy heroine make for… — Cheyenne McCray Copy Share Image
Times of heroism are generally times of terror, but the day never shines in which this element may not work. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Yeah, I treat all my heroines like children now. I pick them up, I cuddle them, I call them baby... — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
I'm not insecure. Give me a good role, and I'll perform even for a multi-starrer with half a dozen other heroines! — Nithya Menen 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
Ironic and jittery, we are puzzled by the old heroes with their fighting, boasting, and cocksure lovemaking. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I have lots of heroes and heroines, mostly unsung and including my husband. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
Often the true hero and heroines of my books are the houses, the places, the communities where people find a home. — Jackie French Copy Share Image
Around the hero everything turns into a tragedy, around the demigod, a satyr-play, and around God--what? perhaps a "world"? — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We don't have Latina heroines in theaters; I haven't seen Marvel doing it. — Isabela Moner Copy Share Image
In most of my stories, I give a lot of importance to heroines. My heroines are not just glamour dolls. — P. Vasu Copy Share Image
