Acceptance Quote by Gena Showalter

“an indication that she didn’t have any true emotions. She talked loud and was stubborn as hell, but she loved hard. When the people…

— Jackie Chanel

“And the strange thing was: I knew that most people didn't see her as I did--if anything, found her a bit odd-looking wth her…

— Donna Tartt

“I might have asked, figured her out, led her to open up. I was good at that. But I didn't inquire, a punishment. I…

— Susanna Sonnenberg

“She nodded. “At first what I thought I wanted was revenge. I kept thinking of how to hurt you, how to cause you pain,…

— Barry Eisler

“The real offense, as she ultimately perceived, was her having a mind of her own at all.”

— Henry James

“Well, we never expected this!" they all say. "No one liked her. They all said she was pretentious, awkward, difficult to approach, prickly, too…

— Murasaki Shikibu

“You're having a large disappointment," she drawled, "with a side of rare pissed-offedness." I thought about lying outright. But as it was medium disappointment…

— Melissa Jensen

“Eve cupped her ear at Claire. "I'm sorry, was that an apology? Because it didn't sound like one." "Don't push it." "I'm not, but…

— Rachel Caine

“Sorry,' I apologized, realizing she was the sort of girl who got upset when someone used an unfamiliar word, rather than learning what it…

— Robyn Schneider

“I'll go see her tonight,' I said. I felt I was a person of my word, and by saying something I could make it…

— Lorrie Moore

“No one else in the world would put up with this girl. “You are awful,” I said, and even then I was forgiving her.”

— Brittany Cavallaro

“My apologies. I meant no offense." Except that his tone told her he didn't mean a word he'd just spoken.”

— Jean Oram