Quote by Joan Lindsay

“Sometimes just to look at Miranda’s calm oval face and straight corn-yellow hair gave her a sharp little stab of pleasure.”

— Joan Lindsay

“She has learned not to be nervous in rooms in which people take note of each other, weigh up, write down, write off, avoid,…

— Ingeborg Bachmann

“When she sat, she crossed her hands and ankles perfectly. Yes, yes, everything was in the classroom. We chatted, bonded, as Brandy flopped around…

— Mary Woronov

“Having told of so much beauty, how is it possible to tell of her? There are no words left on the earth in any…

— Tanith Lee

“She lay on her back in bed for a long time thinking and when she returned to school an hour early she was beyond…

— Anonymous

“She was learning that if she pretended to be weak and frightened, and dabbed at her eyes with a lacy handkerchief, she could turn…

— Philip Pullman

“He could not remember when anything had felt so young and fresh as her lips. The rain lay, like tears shed for him, upon…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Even her beauty had sharp edges. Her long ebony hair was cut like a razor blade. Her face was strong and fine.But her eyes.…

— Laura Oliva

“From what I'd witnessed, Alona Dare was single minded, determined, and ruthless. If high school was a zoo, she was the lioness running the…

— Stacey Kade

“There was another slut in my school, I heard some boys shout it at her in the corridor. I never got to talk to…

— Una

“She was about to laugh at the selfishness of her reaction, but she was distracted by the cool evening air when she stepped outside,…

— Tom Perrotta

“She is of the strangest beauty and the darkest courage, and when she walks with intent the earth trembles beneath her feet.”

— Nicole Lyons