Novels do not force their fair readers to sin, they only instruct them how to sin; the consequences of which are fully… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann 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 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
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
Heaven knows, I've exposed myself in my novels through the use of fantasy and imagination... now my new book is about what… — Judith Krantz Copy Share Image
A YA heroine does not have to pick up a weapon nor wear men's clothing to be equal to her male counterparts. — Celine Kiernan Copy Share Image
I think one of the things that is easy to have happened in a superhero story is that the female character, whether… — Evangeline Lilly 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
As it happened, I didn't grow up to be the kind of woman who is the heroine in a Western, and although… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
We all recall the cruel stepmother in fairy tales. That archetype is often a necessary element in a fairy tale so that… — David Richo Copy Share Image
There is this giant void in the culture about women in that age group as heroines, as romantic beings, as sexual beings… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Rae Carson's heroine is a perfect blend of the ordinary and the extraordinary. I loved her. — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain.... Unlike the slight… — Lionel Shriver 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
“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
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 beauty of America, neither cool jazz nor devoured Egyptian heroes, lies in lives in the darkness I inhabit in the midst… — Frank O'Hara Copy Share Image
I think, with the gay liberation movement has had need for heroes and heroines, and it would be rather nice to have… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share Image
Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or… — Ray Bradbury 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
The love story between the hero and the heroine has to be at the center of the book. I think that's pretty… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips 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
The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance. Tolerance is an important virtue of bodhisattvas [enlightened heroes… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
