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“The world should not be organized to require heroines, and when one is required but fails to appear we should not judge. We should…

— Ann-Marie MacDonald

Women who were housewives, who were pretty miserable ... felt inspired by her book and their life changed. They didn't become megastars, but they…

— Germaine Greer

Whoever heard of a midwife as a literary heroine? Yet midwifery is the very stuff of drama. Every child is conceived either in love…

— Jennifer Worth

“Middle aged women are such easy prey, like they're supposed to walk around with eyes averted, hanging their heads in shame at their wreckage.…

— Maggie Nelson

“I know women whose entire personas are woven from a benign mediocrity. Their lives are a list of shortcomings: the unappreciative boyfriend, the extra…

— Gillian Flynn

“Women readers aren't turned on by nice heroes any more than male readers lust after heroines who are too virtuous.There should be at least…

— Sandra Brown

In books by women and for women, it should come as no surprise that heroines are the heroes of the action, finding themselves, their…

— Sarah MacLean

“For a moment I have the alarming thought that maybe I want heroines so I can be their best friend and loyal sidekick without…

— Samantha Ellis

But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen…

— Jane Austen

“address the great hunger on the part of high-aiming women for advice that speaks to our discontent—and to our ambition to be purely and…

— Debra Condren

The statement I wanted to make was that it makes no sense to put these real-life women into one limited template, so why then…

— David Trumble

Some of the brightest and best women in our society are stifled in their ambitions.

— Nicola Sturgeon