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136 Maidens quotes by 108 unique authors
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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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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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Then, Éowyn of Rohan, I say to you that you are beautiful. In the valleys of our hills there are flowers fair and bright, and…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.
— Tanith Lee
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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 do have to wonder what sort of childhood the Grimm brothers endured. They are not a merry bunch of storytellers, what with their children…
— Libba Bray
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It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard…
— Laini Taylor
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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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Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.
— Erin Morgenstern
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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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I am a Prince," he replied, being rather dense. "It is the function of a Prince—value A—to kill monsters—value B—for the purpose of establishing order—value…
— 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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Maidens stand still, they are lovely statues and all admire them. Witches do not stand still. I was neither, but better that I err on…
— 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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Kami'd always retold her fairy tales to make the fair maidens braver and more self-sufficient, but she had never had any real objection to the…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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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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