Knowledge Quote by Robert E. Howard

“But what courage can withstand the ever-during and all-besetting terrors of a woman's tongue?”

— Washington Irving

“I observed the woman I had been up until then: weak but trying to give the impression of strength. Fearful of everything but telling…

— Paulo Coelho

“He had been so many things. Seductive as silver and deadly as a cobra. And vulnerable like a hurt child underneath it all.”

— L.J. Smith

“It was, she believed, a simple and unassailable fact of life that if a woman went to epic lengths to throw herself on the…

— Nicholas Evans

“...and no new difficulty arising, no sudden recollection, no unexpected summons, no impertinent intrusion to disconcert their measures, my heroine was most unnaturally able…

— Jane Austen

“Her face turned to the window, and he saw her swallow. She was not as calm as she appeared, but for some reason, it…

— Meredith Duran

“Through experience, he had learnt to pick up all of the unmistakable signs of vulnerability in a woman, everything that pointed to her being…

— Alice Walsh

“I think we often hold heroines to an absurd standard. Be brave! Be wise! Always know what's in your heart and speak the truth…

— Leigh Bardugo

“She was still and silent against his chest, though he knew that indomitable will of hers was still firmly in place. She was the…

— Lora Leigh

“It was the strain of a forsaken lady, who after bewailing the perfidy of her lover, calls her pride to her aid, desires her…

— Charlotte Brontë

“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

“The worst stage was when one could tell she was still awake and almost alert, but she knew that nothing worked. Imprisoned. She was…

— M.T. Anderson