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Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction between the following persons. They are all required to obey it: children at… — Mark Twain
The sidesaddle was designed to protect a maiden's virginity, while risking the maiden's neck. Rather much for rather little, I thought. — Sheri S. Tepper
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
Soon enough his head would be swimming with tales of derring-do and high adventure, tales of beautiful maidens kissed, of evildoers shot with pistols or… — Neil Gaiman
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
If I had lady-spider legs, I would weave a sky where the stars lined up. Matresses would be tied down tight to their trucks, bodies… — Laurie Halse Anderson
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
She dreams a lot. She dreams of Ondines and falling maidens and houses burning in the night. But search her dreams all you like and… — Jerry Spinelli
To a happy war!" Their laughter flowed out into the night and reached into the pass through the Dancing Maidens, where it echoed around the… — Stuart Hill
He had relieved whores beyond counting of frocks, stays, chemises, garters, and stockings. He had never before in his life unbuttoned a gently bred maiden's… — Loretta Chase
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
Novels, since the birth of the genre, have been full of rejected, seduced, and abandoned maidens, whose proper fate is to die... — Margaret Drabble
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

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