Maiden Quotes

122 Maiden quotes by 98 unique authors

I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name. — Paula Poundstone
In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the radiance of an opium-dream - an airy and spirit-lifting vision more wildly divine… — Edgar Allan Poe
Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is… — Michael Crichton
What, did you think," she asked, laughing as he struggled up the bank, "that I, a Gaulish maiden, could not swim?" "I did not think… — G.A. Henty
Nor shall this peace sleep with her; but as when The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix, Her ashes new-create another heir As great… — William Shakespeare
The eye of a man should be still more reverent before the rising of a young maiden than before the rising of a star. The… — Victor Hugo
The day of battle dawned pink as the fresh-bitten thigh of a maiden. — Roger Zelazny
Number eight, the silver one, belongs to Artemis. She vowed to be a maiden forever. So of course, no kids. The cabin is, you know,… — Rick Riordan
I think about how truly interesting and odd it is that when a woman marries, traditionally she loses her name, becoming absorbed by the husband's… — A.M. Homes
Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion. — Walter Scott
Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of… — Walter Scott
Once let a maiden admit the possibility of her being stricken with love for some one at a certain hour and place, and the thing… — Thomas Hardy
He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end, where the reader was assured that the knight and the fair… — Kate DiCamillo
Three things never trust in- The maiden sworn as pure, The vows a king has given, And an ambush that is sure. — Mercedes Lackey
Come o'er the sea, Maiden with me, Mine through the sunshine, storms and snows; Seasons may roll, But the true soul Burns the same, where'er… — Thomas Moore
I'd like to say I took the news well. The truth was, I wanted to strangle the Hunters of Artemis one eternal maiden at a… — Rick Riordan
He gave me the brochure. It was about the Hunters of Artemis. The front read, A WISE CHOICE FOR YOUR FUTURE! Inside were pictures of… — Rick Riordan
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran on alone, Do… — Stephen Crane
Come, hearken then, ere voice of dread, with bitter tiding laden, shall summon to unwelcome bed a melancholy maiden! We are but older children, dear,… — Lewis Carroll
Through the forest have I gone. But Athenian found I none, On whose eyes I might approve This flower's force in stirring love. Night and… — William Shakespeare

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