Adventure Quote by DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook

“Battle was a masculine art. A woman wanting to come to the battlefield was like... well, like a man wanting to read. Unnatural.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Men, it seemed to me in those days, were uniquely honored by the stories that erupted in their lives, whereas women were more likely…

— Carol Shields

“Women were different from men in such matters. Was it that they were, instead of more sensitive, as reputed, more callous, and less romantic…

— Thomas Hardy

“Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those…

— Anne Frank

“A woman wanting to come to the battlefield was like … well, like a man wanting to read. Unnatural.”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Where men brushed me aside and ignored my requests, talents and opinions, women strapped on armor and waged war. Men barely acknowledged my efforts.…

— Rachel Higginson

“Instead of inspiring the gallant attentions which other women seek, she made men dream,”

— Honoré de Balzac

“I wonder is it because men are cowards in heart that they admire bravery so much, and place military valour so far beyond every…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“You can learn a lot about the longings and generalized gender anxieties of an era by the kinds of fake women it dreams up.”

— Carina Chocano

“We will not let ourselves be intimidated by the number and violence of attacks against women; nor be fooled by the self-serving praise showered…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“Some of the soldiers made disparaging comments about the fact that he was a womanform when they thought he couldn’t hear them. But his…

— Yoon Ha Lee

“She did not date. She did not have time for men. Men were never, ever worth a great amount of energy. She was the…

— Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney