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“Maybe it frightened them, to admit that a woman could be master of her fate.”

— Nenia Campbell

“She couldn't see the obvious lines of definition, that the female identity could not allow itself to be invaded, perverted, and compromised by brutish…

— Philippe De Vosjoli

“His alpha powers were strong, but she was going to be the feisty, spunky heroine stereotype and get her own way this time.”

— Liza Street

“She cursed her gender. Nobody would have dared attack her if she had been a man.”

— Stieg Larsson

“He was so very large and male, and excessively male creatures always discomposed her.”

— Margaret Mitchell

“He adored force and hated weakness. It is the crime of female natures.”

— Mauriac François

“She was a virgin and a warrior, disdainful of the male, which was what eventually convinced people that she really must be off her…

— Émile Zola

“She, herself, was so forlorn and unused, not a female at all, just a mere thing of terrors.”

— D. H. Lawrence

“He towered over her, as intense and savage as only he could be, making her feel small and delicate in comparison, surrounded by his…

— Cristiane Serruya

“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

“Something about him called to her, like one of her wounded beasts, and she could not turn him away. She needed his name and…

— Tracy Anne Warren

“She felt like she was walking up on a wounded animal, unsure if reaching out to him was going to win her a bit…

— Lara Adrian