Quote by Shannon Hale

“Better this way, what remained of his battered sensibilities told him. He was no good for her, anyway. She didn’t understand him. She didn’t…

— V.S. Carnes

“What right, she kept demanding of herself, had Clare Kendry to expose her, or even Gertrude Martin, to such humiliation, such downright insult?”

— Nella Larsen

“She, on the other hand, seized things, truly wanted them, was passionate about them, played for all or nothing, and wasn’t afraid of contempt,…

— Elena Ferrante

“Aye, though he loved her from his soul with such a self denying love as woman seldom wins; he spoke from first to last…

— Charles Dickens

“And yet he had taken her to that inn wanting to soothe himself with feminine compassion and warmth. Her very silence and self-possession had…

— Mary Balogh

“What exasperated her was that Charles seemed to have no notion of her torment. His conviction that he was making her happy struck her…

— Gustave Flaubert

“Her husband was not malicious, but he did bully, though without anger or animosity, as do petty tyrants who think that giving orders means…

— Guy de Maupassant

“He stood in front of her and told her he'd come, not to climb her tower but to shelter it. In his clumsy way,…

— Cammie McGovern

“She bit her lips, concentrating, wishing he'd go and sit on one of the chairs before the fireplace. Or stand at the window and…

— Karen Ranney

“At the time he had closed in upon himself, denying her a place of entry. She was tenacious, aggressive as a lover, had tried…

— Aminatta Forna

“He would enter silently and wake Magdalyn roughly. He loved Magdalyn's scream. He would beat her savagely and acuse her of plotting against him.…

— Brent Weeks

“He, who thought it necessary to maintain himself in her good graces, strove to console her under her disappointment by committing a little violence…

— Matthew Lewis