“All Jane Austen novels have a common storyline: an attractive and virtuous young woman surmounts difficulties to achieve marriage to the man… — P.D. James Copy Share Image
... when the locked door opens, and there comes in a young woman, deadly pale, and with long fair hair, who glides… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I think existing in a public space since the age of fifteen has no doubt warped the way I see myself, and… — Maisie Peters Copy Share Image
My mother was a dominant force in our family. And I always saw her as the leader. And that was great for… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
In the Italian province I grew up in, it wasn't possible as a young woman to have male friends, even if we… — Alice Rohrwacher Copy Share Image
I cannot understand why any young man - or young woman, for that matter - would wish to undergo the painful process… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“beating. Emma! A beautiful young woman with golden hair came outside. Her hair was tied into a a tail at the base… — Rosanne Bittner Copy Share Image
“The air was icy, Mari came back in, grabbed a coat and went out again. Outside, far from the eyes of everyone,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Don't you agree that there must be something radically wrong with a civilisation, society, theory of life - call it what you… — Catherine Carswell Copy Share Image
“I am thinking about the way that life can be so slippery; the way that a twelve-year-old girl looking into the mirror… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“I think that it’s a space that there are a lot of projections onto—the soon-to-be sexualized and already-sexualized young woman. There are… — Tamara Faith Berger Copy Share Image
“Sam!” a dark-haired, green-eyed young woman chided, laughter on her lips. “There you—” The girl’s eyes met Celaena’s. Celaena stopped smiling as… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“On the spur of the moment she decided to go and view the blossoms by herself in the dark night. It was… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
“However, one certainty floated in the air: that night, at the end of a conversation that should have brought them closer, something… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
“And what mattered most was not that I needed to see and hear that I was beautiful. No, what mattered most was… — Matthew Aaron Goodman Copy Share Image
“The most famous child survivor of the Holocaust in the 1950s was not Anne Frank—after all, she didn’t survive—but a young woman… — R.D. Rosen Copy Share Image
“The last encounter was one Ian enjoyed, because Elizabeth was with him after they’d had their second-and last permissible-dance. Viscount Mondevale had… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
“Arm in arm with a fellow who's had the mishap, To forget, when he shagged her, to button his flap. Nor I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The train bore me away, through the monstrous scenery of slag-heaps, chimneys, piled scrap-iron, foul canals, paths of cindery mud criss-crossed by… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Clare could bear this no longer. His eyes were full of tears, which seemed like drops of molten lead. He bade a… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“Do you have the hots for this boy?” her father asked in all seriousness. “Do we need to have him over for… — Shawn Kirsten Maravel Copy Share Image
“At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that — the young man or the young… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“I find myself increasingly shocked at the unthinking and automatic rubbishing of men which is now so part of our culture that… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
As a black woman, I've always had to work hard to earn my respect as a musician - and as a young… — Gabriella Wilson Copy Share Image
I've seen so many beautiful, strong, talented women stifled by male ego in rooms, and I want every young woman who feels… — King Princess Copy Share Image
“Her companion, also in black, appeared as a well-formed young woman about 18, completely possessed of that ephemeral precious essence youth, which… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
What truly gives me joy is when I get a letter from a young woman who says they saw a programme, then… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Stefani was very unique and that wasn't always appreciated by her peers and, as a result, she went through a lot of… — Cynthia Germanotta Copy Share Image
Showing a real human body and a woman who is looking at her body without shame - that alone is a radical… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
I have not changed my view about abortion, but I've changed my approach to it, because I really believe that if I'm… — Mark Robinson Copy Share Image
I'm always writing to a younger version of myself, or a young woman who is like I was. I want that girl… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I am a young woman, with a regional accent, from a working class family, who has had a pretty standard education. So… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
“But listen to me when I say this. You are an exceptional, talented, and brilliant young woman. Do not ever let anyone… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I sat next to a young woman on a plane once who bombarded me for five hours with how she had decided… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
There was a basket at her feet. She reached into it and lifted out the head of a young woman, a marquise.… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“In Venice, Grant let slip a remark that would provide fodder for many satirists: he told a young woman what a fine… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
One hundred percent my mother, who would always say, "If you want something done, do it yourself." She must have said that… — Reese Witherspoon Copy Share Image
Young women look at me and think, 'She's really confident. She has always had it figured out,' but actually, I really, really… — Mabel Copy Share Image
“Guard what?” asked Clary. “What indeed?” With a wink the older woman reached for a sandwich from the plate, but it was… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
