Brooding Quote by Dodie Smith

“Somehow she always seems blurred, as though to focus on anything that exists beyond a canvas might prove too difficult for her tiny frame…

— Jessica Warman

“A girl doesn't mind a little trouble in her life now and then.”

— Tess Oliver

“Bookishness, an unfortunate trait for a girl, especially one who is not nice to look at.”

— Claire Holden Rothman

“... She is awesomely competent without being smug. She is determined without being bossy, morally certain without being judgmental. She likes herself but is…

— Dean Koontz

“All of her mannerisms, even her way of sitting, are of a perfect femininity. Or: how to occupy the least possible amount of space…

— Anne Garréta

“You can't do anything. You will be defeated here by me, on the ground helplessly while I kill this girl, being able only to…

— Reki Kawahara

“I'm considered a difficult girl. I have a reputation for needing to be told a good reason to do something before I will do…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“She’s reckless and unreasonable. She’s naive and immature. But… she is amazingly true to herself.”

— Kaiu Shirai

“She’s something rare—smart, classy, gorgeous, funny, opinionated, and under it all, where she tries to hide it, kind. And burrowed beneath all of that,…

— Kennedy Ryan

“Girls is a fine example of someone writing what she knows and the painful limitations of doing so.”

— Roxane Gay

“She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who…

— Jane Austen

“... not talking about things she doesn't understand to people who do or about things she does to people who don't.”

— Frank Crowninshield