Damsel in distress Quote by Jude Deveraux

“Once upon a time there was a beautiful Indian maiden, of course.”

— Stephen Crane

“To every woman waiting for her knight in shining armor, don't lose hope. He will come. In the mean time, don the armor, shine…

— Eve Montelibano

“Her heart swelled with the high holiness of it all. Imminence was all around. She was both warrior and shining spear. She was a…

— Kate Atkinson

“None could see her without pity, unless he had a felon's heart; she was so tightly bound. The tears ran down her face and…

— Joseph Bédier

“You look beautiful and tragic, just the way a heroine should on the eve of battle. Like Joan of Arc in her silver armor.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“Never had the opportunity in her first lost childhood; and in the intervening years her desire for it had doubled over and doubled over…

— Junot Díaz

“She laughed at herself when she saw that she had expected to be at once a heretic and a returned hero; she was very…

— Sinclair Lewis

“In her own uniquely spirited way, she had pierced his armor and burrowed unerringly into his heart”

— Nicole Jordan

“You're not making too much of this. You will love her until the stars fall. She looked like a figure in a hand-tinted woodcut…

— Kathleen Gilles Seidel

“My entire life, I saw myself as the beautiful damsel or the graceful maiden. I was the princess searching for her knight. But with…

— Christina L Barr

“I never was the type of noblewoman to stay by the hearth while the men rode into battle anyway. As my father always used…

— Mark Noce

“Standing on the edge of that darkness, she felt the stirrings of reckless want. A wild sort of bravery beat within her, taking up…

— Emily Lloyd-Jones