Quote by Charlotte Brontë

“… as we submit to be dressed like dolls, we never can rise to the stations of duty and usefulness from which they desire…

— Sarah Grimké

“As a fallen noble, he could only imagine the embarrassment she must have endured, when his family disowned her. To lose the respect, title,…

— Kristina Stangl

“She would have been obliged to allow, if any one had said it to her, that what she submitted to could not take the…

— George Eliot

“That meant she had to find a way to slip out of the townhouse again without being caught in her”

— Ruth Ann Nordin

“I can't accept this, my lord. Its too fine a gift, and I am no queen." Ballard gently pushed it back to her. "You…

— Grace Draven

“Respect must be given voluntarily, no matter if you are an elder or a leader, you cannot take it by force.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“But she was out of earshot, already moving on down the street amongst the other passers-by.”

— Frank Caron

“Defiantly serving out the inhumane term of a punishment she had imposed on herself, confusing obedience with rebellion and vindication with endurance. “Come,” he…

— Michael Chabon

“With no plan of escape in sight, I've been resigned to the life of a cosseted young lady of London society as Grandmama and…

— Libba Bray

“Remember that you're far back in the procession; remember that a whole army corps has laid siege to her, that she's been laid waste,…

— Henry Miller

“She went along with whatever I did, but I wanted something less generous and more… dubiously consensual. Like cuffing a passed-out woman to my…

— Annabel Joseph

“There would be a sweet release of strength and responsibility, a sinking into another’s power, no need to feign her own. This”

— Hugh Howey