Quote by Epictetus

“It is a merciful provision my dears, for it takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the…

— Louisa May Alcott

“although she was disposed to follow the rules whenever possible, she was also willing to discard them when necessary.”

— Lisa Kleypas

“a woman whom the course of years had turned sour and to whom the vows meant poverty of spirit, chastity of humour, and obedience…

— Donna Leon

“A brave captain of Spahis cannot risk this, even to gratify a pretty woman, which is, in my opinion, one of the most sacred…

— Alexander Dumas

“But she had learnt, in those solemn hours of thought, that she herself must one day answer for her own life, and what she…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“She could hardly believe what she was hearing. How could the man who had taken her from her home—the person she had trusted with…

— A. Grace Martin

“How explain to him that she, who had been lapped like a lily in folds of paduasoy, had hacked heads off, and lain with…

— Virginia Woolf

“I would dare much, sir, against a man who seemingly does not understand boundaries. You must ask a woman if you may enter her…

— Emma Hamm

“What excited and challenged her shipmates horrified the churched women and each set believed the other deeply, dangerously flawed. Although they had nothing in…

— Toni Morrison

“For the love of God, woman, there's only one rule in that bloody book worth following.' 'And that is?' Elizabeth asked disdainfully. 'That you…

— Julia Quinn

“Where is there a Woman, who having generously trusted her liberty with a husband, does not immediately find the spaniel metamorphosed into a tyger,…

— Lady Sophia Fermor

“I realized then how odd it must seem to them to be summoned by a woman. Roman women were at home quietly minding their…

— Margaret George