Quote by Milan Kundera

“Had she been too hard on her as a girl? Was that why she’d grown up so fearful, somehow, so reluctant to make her…

— Maggie O'Farrell

“In order to hand me over she had to detach herself from herself, and afterward she never managed to get back inside herself and…

— emuna elon

“A part of her wanted to stop pushing herself, stop feeling compelled to rise to the occasion of being her best self. She wanted…

— Katherine Morgan Schafler

“She was too dependent on what other people thought of her, and that was her downfall. She cared too much. She was only what…

— Steph Bowe

“There were other times when she was so shattered by ideas that she could do nothing worth while; when they trampled over her like…

— Willa Cather

“She was here, and she was stronger than this, harder than this. They could make her hate herself, make her doubt herself, but they…

— Stacia Kane

“she was an army of one and was stronger than the invading force.”

— Rebecca Forster

“From what you know of her, you will not be surprised that she threw some exaggeration and wilfulness, some pride and impetuosity, even into…

— George Eliot

“It was typical of her character that she simply assumed she would, eventually, gain control over the situation.”

— Gail Carriger

“She was a rapidly rising anchor. She had what it took: great hair, a profound understanding of strategic lip gloss, the intelligence to understand…

— Douglas Adams

“It wasn't that she thought highly of herself. It was that she thought highly of the promise of more.”

— Sarah MacLean

“She lacks mystery; and the charm people have who withdraw, and don't care to coin their views. One figures her always in flight; so…

— Virginia Woolf