Quote by Julie Anne Long Download Open image ““Plain girls who were also clever were a ha'pence a dozen.”” — Julie Anne Long ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“All young ladies are either very pretty or very clever or very sweet; they may take their choice as to which category they will… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“I hate to be what is called a clever girl--there are too many of that sort now!” — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“All young ladies are either very pretty or very clever or very sweet; they may take their choice as to which category they will… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“How can I have hung round you for five years and not think girls are clever?” — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Few girls would choose to be right – right, down into their clever, brilliant bones – but lonely.” — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“There were girls at school whose families grew to a robust five or six. There were girls with seven or eight-which was thought a… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
“It is interesting how often unintelligent, even stupid, women manage their emotional lives more satisfactorily than do their cleverer sisters.” — P.D. James Copy Share Image
“As to the other three, if they had been perfection they would not have been real girls, and you could not have wept over… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.” — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“if we were clever we would have pushed her into the East River, but we weren‘t clever at all, just two more knuckleheads in… — Elberto Muller Copy Share Image
“So she was to be savagely heartbroken and then poisoned by one of their cook’s noxious herbal brews in the space of a few… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“A nondescript place, but it had inevitably changed over the years; one of the old oaks had been split by lightning and now lay… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“It’s…” She couldn’t finish. “Don’t try, Miss Redmond,” he agreed, shading his eyes. “There are honestly no suitable words, so we shall not fault… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“You shouldn't ask questions when you know at heart you'd prefer not to hear the answers.” — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“She settled upon the hound. She met its brown eyes. It blinked slowly in what she liked to think was sympathy. Neither of them… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“He had one of those chins what…” One of the innkeeper’s hands went up to squeeze his chin into two little folds. “…a chin… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“What happens next?" she whispered. Connor turned to her and smiled faintly. Always a question, that was Rebecca. There's more?" he said in mock… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“I couldn't see it because you are my heart, damn you! And how can I see my own heart if it's beating in my… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“I love you," she murmured. The words ... it was as though an entire sun had exploded in his chest. He'd been ridiculous. His… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“imagine the ton would leap from London Bridge if the marquess did it first. Mind you, he’d land on a cart carrying a feather… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“Don’t be tedious, Lavay. If it’s so necessary for you to know,” he said ungraciously. “She won a contest.” There was a short stunned… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image