Maiden Quotes
122 Maiden quotes by 98 unique authors
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He looked like a Yanni fan at an Iron Maiden Concert.
— Kelley Armstrong
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Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us- by that God we both…
— Edgar Allan Poe
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Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn’t know me.
— Nelson DeMille
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I've been waiting for you all night and day,' she said. Froi shivered. He realised that the words came from Quintana the ice maiden. Realised,…
— Melina Marchetta
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It was an evil doom that set her in his path. For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. And…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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If you go to Atlanta, the first question people ask you is, "What's your business?" In Macon they ask, "Where do you go to church?"…
— John Berendt
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She put her hand on her chest. “I have magic yet. If you will set the clock working again, then I must be still. I…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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But the thought arrived inside her like a train: Marya Morevna, all in black, here and now, was a point at which all the women…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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Yes, yes, mistress, I shall go and accomplish your task. Only—I was not only sent to kill the Leucrotta. There is a maiden in a…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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I should hate to be a regular girl with a sugar-plum voice. I should hate to have swan-like lashes, and a thick, sooty neck. I…
— Franny Billingsley
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Either to die the death or to abjure For ever the society of men. Therefore, fair Hermia, question your desires; Know of your youth, examine…
— William Shakespeare
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For a real knight, rescuing maidens would be an everyday event." ... "Perhaps a true knight saves himself for the right maiden
— Karen Hawkins
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He looked at the little maiden, and she looked at him; and he felt that he was melting away, but he still managed to keep…
— Hans Christian Andersen
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Forget the noose. Forget the Iron Maiden. Forget the electric chair or the guillotine. The mind was mankind's most painful torture chamber, the blessed liberty…
— Tiffanie DeBartolo
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My featherbed is deep and soft, and there I’ll lay you down, I’ll dress you all in yellow silk and on your head a crown.…
— George R. R. Martin
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To foreswear romantic love forever. To never grow up, never get married. To be maiden eternally.
— Rick Riordan
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The next day, to the joy of all of Arthur's court, Sir Gareth was wed to the fair Lady Lyonesse of Cornwall. All who beheld…
— Gerald Morris
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She tastes like nectar and salt. Nectar and salt and apples. Pollen and stars and hinges. She tastes like fairy tales. Swan maiden at midnight.…
— Laini Taylor
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A loving maiden grows unconsciously more bold.
— Jean Paul
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When I was sixteen, I danced before an audience without music. At the end someone suddenly cried 'its Death and the Maiden'. But that was…
— Isadora Duncan
Who Wrote These Maiden Quotes
98 authors contributed a total of 122 Maiden Quotes, led by these top contributors: