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“The pale whiteness of her upturned face as she choked on the smoke; the tangled length of her hair as she tried to shake…

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

“She struts into the hair salon, her mouth filled with a rotten egg of gossip, unshelled, filled with decay. As soon as she sits…

— Brenda Sutton Rose

She got fired from the hot dog stand for putting her hair in a bun.

— Nikhil Saluja

“She looked worn from a long day in the office but she did not let one single complaint slip from her lips as she…

— Emily Curtis

“I saw fingerprint sized bruises on her thighs. She told me she had been bumping into things at work. They disappeared afterwards. I later…

— Steven Magee

“I ripped the page from my book - "I don't speak, I'm sorry." - and used it to dry her cheeks, my explanation and…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“A few minutes later, a very slim, very directed black-haired woman with olive skin and a classic profile swept into the room. Her hair…

— Stephen J. Cannell

“Her heart kicked and an itchy burning in her throat made her swallow all her saliva away. She didn't know which way to go.”

— Toni Morrison

“They called her a disgrace to the nurturing traditions of womankind. They threatened to paint a mustache on her and shoot off her nipples.”

— Tom Robbins

“As she hung up on her end, she actually fanned herself with her hand, something she’d assumed people only did in TV commercials and…

— J.R. Ward

“The woman pushed up the arms of her long-sleeved shirt and turned to the digital readout of her treadmill. A scar wound down her…

— E. Lockhart

“bored, the strikes almost lazy. The blades made an echoing clang that reverberated up her spine, sending tiny vibrations down the arches of her…

— Francesca Vance