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“She tossed her long hair and it flapped down her back like a pirate's flag. She stood in about as awkward a manner as…

— Mervyn Peake

“She had some kind of foolish and unreasonable notion that the more doggedly she stood, the more would she placate certain mysterious powers which…

— Cora Sandel

“She was no mere weapon as she was trained to be, but a woman in full command of her power, unbowed and unbroken, and…

— Laini Taylor

“Maybe she had some sort of extraordinary quality, secret even to her. Maybe she did have the power to alter the things she'd always…

— Anna North

“Femininity cloaked power and strength, made it more palatable, less threatening.”

— Anne Helen Petersen

“To me, the haircut represented beauty and strength, that I was a woman who would live her life without the boundaries imposed upon her…

— Kat Von D

“There was some new quiet in her, but it didn't shrink or wilt her. Rather, it seemed to enlarge her. She was no mere…

— Laini Taylor

“The beautiful know they have power, and she had, in her diminutive charm, a certain power of which she was always casually aware.”

— Anne Rice

“If only she were one of those sublimely mysterious women who could control a man with the flicker of an eyelash or a single…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“She remembered what it felt like to have her hands in that hair, how holding him had anchored her not just to the world,…

— Cassandra Clare

“It was scary having that sort of power over a girl. You could hurt her in ways you might never understand.”

— Amber Dermont

“Just… be careful.’ I stared at her, baffled. 'Of what?’ 'Of powerful men.”

— Leigh Bardugo