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Womanly Quotes (page 82)

On Egdon there was no absolute hour of the day. The time at any moment was a number of varying doctrines professed by the different hamlets, some of them having originally grown up from a common root, and then become divided by secession, some having been alien from the beginning. West Egdon believed in Blooms-End time, East Egdon in the time of the Quiet Woman Inn. Grandfer Cantle's watch had numbered many followers in years gone by, but since he had grown older faiths were shaken. Thus, the... Thomas Hardy
One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love—any love—reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness. Cesare Pavese
Basic principles: no matter what, no matter when, no matter who... any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet. He just needs the right broom. Will Smith
Laurell K. Hamilton quote: "I know that look, Blake. You are a drowning woman, and the..."
I know that look, Blake. You are a drowning woman, and the only way out is down the aisle. Laurell K. Hamilton
When a woman wants me to do anything (my daughter, or not, it doesn't matter), I always insist on knowing why. The oftener you make them rummage their own minds for a reason, the more manageable you will find them in all the relations of life. It isn't their fault (poor wretches!) that they act first and think afterwards; it's the fault of the fools who humour them. Wilkie Collins
An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done Jane Austen
She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy. Oscar Wilde
When I turned thirty, I briefly flirted with the notion of undergoing sexual reassignment surgery. Once again, I was ready for a big change in my life. Plus, I was having a really difficult time meeting gay guys who didn’t seem gay yet were still caustic. So I figured, as a woman I would have a whole new pool of men from which to fish. I decided that I would probably opt for the self-lubricating vagioplasty option. …the plus side of this vagina was that it was, like the name implies,... Augusten Burroughs
Neil Gaiman quote: "Not gay, just never met the right woman."
Not gay, just never met the right woman. Neil Gaiman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman quote: "A man's honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it."
A man's honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
What the hell is the matter with Eddie? Ruth was thinking. If he doesn't stop staring at me, I'm going to drive off the road! Hannah had also noticed that Eddie was staring at Ruth. What the hell is the matter with Eddie? Hannah was thinking. Since when did the asshole take an interest in a younger woman? John Irving
John Grisham quote: "A battered wife is a married woman until she gets a divorce. ..."
A battered wife is a married woman until she gets a divorce. Or until she kills the bastard. John Grisham
If volition is bound to social imperatives, as William James believed, and it's therefore easier to go to war than it is to quit smoking, one could say that Liz Norton was a woman who found it easier to quit smoking than to go to war. Roberto Bolano
Edwidge Danticat quote: "If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there..."
If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters. Edwidge Danticat
Jeanette Winterson quote: "I noticed a woman whose face was a sea voyage I had not the..."
I noticed a woman whose face was a sea voyage I had not the courage to attempt. Jeanette Winterson

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