Accepting Quote by David Nicholls

“She had enjoyed a phase where she found it easier to divide herself and argue, as it were, face to face, than to attempt…

— Michael Moorcock

“An objective viewpoint was beyond her; she was single-minded to a fault.”

— Alison Weir

“But experience had taught her that such arguments failed. You cannot tell people to take into account what they do not wish to know.…

— Anne Perry

“She resolved conflicts by either agreeing or quietly going about her business and doing things her way. Conflict was too hard to live with,…

— Deanna Lynn Sletten

She repeats things until they are true, or until she can't tell whether they are true or not. She has become an expert at…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“She seemed never to be troubled by the notion that there might be two sides to a story, or more than one interpretation of…

— Vivian Gornick

“When a heroine is satisfied that she has exercised judgement with clear vision, moral principle,and common sense, she need not acquiesce to opposing viewpoints.”

— Jane Austen

“It seemed they viewed her differently now. She had status. She mattered. All at once they were interested in what she had to say.…

— Anne Tyler

“How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate!”

— Jane Austen

“The two or so times we actually fought she smashed a plate and stormed out into the night. I have always disliked an argument.…

— Jane Hamilton

For her, choices were simple; either there was an action she could take to improve the situation, in which case she took it, or…

— Christopher Paolini

She had been in situations like this, where people said, Convince me, and in none of those had they actually wanted to be convinced.…

— Max Barry