Quote by Nick Hornby

“She didn’t want to be one of those girls who said the exact opposite of what she meant, but still—it would have been nice…

— Cecily von Ziegesar

“He had carefully avoided her out of the natural cowardice that characterizes the stronger sex.”

— Gustave Flaubert

“She was reluctant at first, but when I screamed that she was ruining my life, she relented. I’d have to use that tactic more…

— J. Sterling

“But then, the plan had fallen apart. Instead of jumping me and begging me to take her any way I pleased, like I’d imagined,…

— Madison Faye

“Maybe being brave was not highly desireable in women. Normal women would have fled, like Pansy.”

— Maureen Doyle McQuerry

“I've always feared she would find completion without me, and I'd be around, stupid and unperfected, forever.”

— Ann Brashares

“What she did was harmless. What you did, man, was begging to get laid.”

— Piper Shelly

“Sorry,' I apologized, realizing she was the sort of girl who got upset when someone used an unfamiliar word, rather than learning what it…

— Robyn Schneider

“No one dared agree with her. She was temperamental in the best of times, and pregnancy wasn't one of them. No one wanted to…

— Jill Shalvis

“...before she mumbled, “Whatever,” which, translated by a girl who understood girls, meant he was right and she was saving face.”

— Kristen Ashley

“And suddenly, as he noted the fine shades of manner by which she harmonized herself with her surroundings, it flashed on him that, to…

— Edith Wharton

“She could have lived in comfort, but I doubt if it occurred to her to try.”

— Mavis Gallant