#heroines

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women. ↗

— Nora Roberts

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My heroines, more often than not, are the ones who are troubled and resistant. ↗

— Sylvia Day

#more #often #ones #resistant #than

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength. ↗

— Robert Shea

#destroyed #element #greatest #greatest strength #heroes

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were. ↗

— Nina Simone

#heroes #heroines #knowing #not knowing #people

I brandished my parasol at him like a rapier. 'You, sir, are an abominable scalawag of a man, and I'll be damned if I let you threaten me. ↗

— Susan Dennard

#parasols #scalawags #strong-heroines #humor

…I wanted to show that the mother was the heroine as soon as possible. I'm tired of love-sick girls and runaway wives. We'll prove that there's romance in old women also. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#jo-s-boys #louisa-may-alcott #love

Heaven knows, I've exposed myself in my novels through the use of fantasy and imagination... now my new book is about what really happened to me... not my heroines. ↗

— Judith Krantz

#book #exposed #fantasy #happened #heaven

To die, so young to die. No, no, not I, I love the warm sunny skies, light, song, shining eyes, I want no war, no battle cry, No, no, not I. ↗

— Hannah Senesh

#defiance #determination #hope #hope-and-despair #inspiration

To quote French author Francois Mauriac, 'Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who your are' is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread. ↗

— Sarah Wendell

#heroines #reading #romance #love

It's difficult for a young girl like me. Because there's a certain time for young actresses, which is like a really juicy period when all the parts are love interests and young heroines. Of course, there's always work for men whatever age they are. ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#always #because #certain #certain time #course