African Quote by Bonnie Greer

“She needed to appreciate the art of violence, the beauty in fear, the fragility of her own life.”

— Karina Halle

“She made no other moves, but there was tension in her that said she was a lioness that could strike at any moment. You…

— Richelle Mead

“She was resilient A brave soldier when life tested her It didn't matter that she did strange things like stand tall under the rain…

— M.J. Abraham

“Then I saw the consuming nature of her fear, her willingness to believe that exploitative charlatans could change her fate or really cared what…

— James Lee Burke

“She is of the strangest beauty and the darkest courage, and when she walks with intent the earth trembles beneath her feet.”

— Nicole Lyons

She was a lioness. She was described as an iron fist in a velvet glove. She needed that culture and background to survive in…

— Sean Hepburn Ferrer

“Her eyes, full of ancient, sacred wisdom. Her bones, deposits of inherited bravery. She is a proud descendant of strong, courageous women who went…

— Melody Lee

“Knowing that she was beautiful, she was thoroughly conscious, though in an indistinct fashion, that she possessed a weapon. Women play with their beauty…

— Victor Hugo

“She had gleaming mahogany hair, cut into a sharp, sleek bob and eyes that were the colour of dark chocolate – huge doe eyes…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Her face was plastered with layers of powder and looked like a face of stone. And with her noble profile, she seemed, on the…

— Marcel Proust

“She has big searching eyes that see the good in people despite the evil she has seen, and she has a comforting kind of…

— Isabel Wilkerson

“She looked like a somewhat frightened and helpless woman, and yet he knew she was a deadly assassin. The same as he was. She…

— Lynn Raye Harris