Quote by Ruth O. Saxton

“It never occurred to her their gaiety wasn’t contentment, but survival.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

“I felt the need to be rebellious. A woman should have a moment in her life when she’s rebellious, don’t you think?”

— Lorraine Heath

“She had that rare virtue of never existing completely except for that opportune monent.”

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“She had taken many more punches to both body and soul than anyone should ever have to endure. But she had been able to…

— Steig Larson

“She became whomever she needed to be to survive, but she never let anyone else define her.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Still, for all that, her life had lacked passion. The demons had never come for her.”

— Paul Russell

“... She is awesomely competent without being smug. She is determined without being bossy, morally certain without being judgmental. She likes herself but is…

— Dean Koontz

“...She was becoming what she was destined to become...: her own person, her own independent and particular self.”

— Amanda Coplin

“Oh, she's got so in the habit of living she'll never die.”

— Emily of New Moon

“Her harmony came not through the complete absence of chaos, but in the realization that she was resilient enough to come back stronger from…

— Becca Lee

“...she had grown up highly ornamental, but perfectly helpless and useless.”

— Charles Dickens

“After a long, long time she reached an important conclusion. She was never going to stand by and say nothing again.”

— Eleanor Estes