Quote by Jane Austen

“She could think of no other reason for this boy to continue to visit her if not to use her in some way.”

— Morgan Rhodes

“She refused to be one of those girls who gave up on everything they'd been planning simply because a boy entered the picture.”

— Sandhya Menon

“Interesting, but she could see that the boy didn't have a single lie in him. A very rare condition, especially for the male of…

— Alice Hoffman

“She wanted to tell him to go but she couldn’t bear it if he did”

— Jojo Moyes

“Even when she woke in the night and thought about it, she did not allow herself to conclude that she did not want to…

— Colm Tóibín

“She didn’t argue or resist or even speak. She simply followed him, not knowing where he was taking her. The manner in which he…

— Kristen Morgen

“He didn't speak and she didn't want him to. She was just glad he had come.”

— Brenda Hodnett

“There were a dozen reasons why she might refuse him. But they were all someone else’s reasons. Her mother’s, her peers’, society’s. She’d already…

— Tessa Dare

“She said I was the most sensitive boy she'd ever met, which I didn't understand because really all I did was not interrupt her.”

— Stephen Chbosky

“Then, like now, she had lingered on the brink of a decision, and had not found in his favour. Now, perhaps, she has. He…

— Laura Barnett

“With boys there was a fundamental assumption that they had a right to be there—not always, but more often than not. With girls, Why…

— Helen Oyeyemi

“You’ll have her in half an hour.” He did. And if he thought about the boy in the next room as he slammed into…

— Alessandra Hazard