Despises Quote by Lilian Pizzichini

“Whatever she suffered, whatever loss came to her, she would throw it off, for it was not in her nature to go under. Although…

— Winston Graham

“...what woman has ever stopped by a want of information? She felt. And despised him for not acting in accordance with her feelings.”

— John le Carré

“She hated the namelessness of women in stories, as if they lived and died so that men could have metaphysical insights.”

— Chad Harbach

“Her husband and her children did not consider her beyond criticism. She belonged to them; whatever she did affected them; their pride, their good…

— Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

“She was not willing to let others narrate her life and her death. While there is one person like her in this world, I…

— Ariel Dorfman

“I knew another women who lost as much as you. And do you know what she did with it-the loss?' He could barely stop…

— Sarah J. Maas

“To be fair, her expected hatred of all things male has not materialised because it is clear that she simply dislikes everyone. I suspect…

— Dougie Brimson

“The following morning she realised they hated her. That hurt her feelings; she always preferred her hatred to be unreciprocated.”

— Joanna Kavenna

“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

“Her legacy is that of a woman who refused to conform to the misogynistic traditions of her time.”

— Eleanor Herman

“She was a person with her own hopes and feelings and history and nightmares. In her own way she was as lost as he…

— Lev Grossman

“She read every author she could get her hands on who wrote a strong female protagonist who triumphed in the end.”

— Wendy Wax