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“Women’s writing is full ... of heartbreak with the injustices done by beauty—its presence as well as its absence.”

— Naomi Wolf

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her…

— Victor Hugo

“[Women] are not even now as concerned about the health of their fame as men are, and, speaking generally, will pass a tombstone or…

— Virginia Woolf

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had…

— Lydia M. Child

“I shall return to Kunana, walk around the old place and venerate the ground where lived and worked my mother-in-law whom I never saw.…

— Sol T. Plaatje

So a maiden, whilst she remains untouched, so long is she dear to her own; when she has lost her chaste flower with sullied…

— Catullus

“The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's. To her, the hand-writing itself, independent of any thing it may convey, is…

— Jane Austen

And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist-- I don't think she'd be missed--I'm sure she'd not be missed!

— W. S. Gilbert

“...the sixth [eligible lady] perished miserably after returning to me one of my most cherished books with the leaves dog-eared and the binding cracked.…

— Roswell Field

“Because I write women’s history I rarely have the luxury of a full and fair biography to study. Until about 1960 there were very…

— Philippa Gregory

...in a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back…

— Louise Bogan

“You picked the lock.” The king was staring at her again. “Yes, Your Majesty.” He suddenly burst out laughing, then nodded. He leaned forward,…

— Melanie Dickerson