Abstract Quote by James Joyce

She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper,…

— Jane Austen

She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man.

— Jane Austen

“Women were responsible for raising next generation of citizens, they themselves needed to be well educated in order to teach their children. She never…

— Lynne Withey

“She did not want to be greater than her husband: what she did want was that he should acknowledge her as his equal, with…

— Maude Casey

“He was a man who seemed careless of his appearance, very different from the gentlemen with whom she had consorted until a few months…

— Mary Balogh

She was a beautiful woman, if not a happy one, and attracting a man was never a problem. Keeping one, however, was a different…

— Lisa Kleypas

“[She] knew there were women who worked successfully out of the home. They ran businesses, created empires and managed to raise happy, healthy, well-adjusted…

— Nora Roberts

She knew that it would not be easy to submit to his miserliness, or the foolishness of his premature appearance of age, or his…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“Aye, without a doubt, he adored her. He would protect her and love her until he took his last breath on God’s beautiful earth.…

— Suzan Tisdale

“Her husband and her children did not consider her beyond criticism. She belonged to them; whatever she did affected them; their pride, their good…

— Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it.

— Alice Walker

“Like many women, she would always find it easier to feel for a male (except, of course, her husband, against whom she bore innumerable,…

— Sigrid Nunez