Damsels Quote by Anya Wylde

“This is my lot in life, it seems: to inspire damsels in distress with wildly romantic notions.”

— Christina Boyd

“Because of their DNA, most men loved a damsel in distress. Every time a man sees a pretty lass in trouble, even the boorish…

— Mallika Nawal

“Damsels were women unable to do anything more complicated than get themselves captured by overgrown lizards with virgin fetishes.”

— S.E. Zbasnik

“Loud people, especially loud women, always attract enemies. It may have helped her, not to have been so threateningly beautiful...She actually told us that…

— Ian McEwan

“her heart swelled up with misery, until it felt too large for her bosom. It beat with odd little jerks; her hands were cold,…

— Margaret Mitchell

“She had seen them in turmoil all round her--love, hatred, vengeance, treachery--she herself practically the pivot around which they raged. Out of the deadly…

— Baroness Orczy

“Lily sank with a sigh into one of the shabby leather chairs. "How delicious to have a place like this all to one's self!…

— Edith Wharton

“The gentle maid, whose hapless tale, these melancholy pages speak; say, gracious lady, shall she fail To draw the tear a down from thy…

— Horace Walpole

“We were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. Her simplicity decorated us, her guilt sanctified us, her pain make us glow with…

— Toni Morrison

“Their gowns and masks look lovely.” “Not as lovely as yours,” Jorgen said without hesitating. Her heart seemed to fly out of her chest…

— Melanie Dickerson

“After an hour of gliding though the crowd and two glasses of tepid wine later, Penelope had reached the spiritual state of being merrily…

— Anya Wylde

“She went to bed with men as frequently as she could. It was the only place where she could find what she was looking…

— Toni Morrison