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Category Archives: Heroine quotes
Life Can Go On Undimmed
“He liked to see a woman still flaunting her powers of attraction. His taste, these days, ran not to the young, not even to the middle-aged, but to those about to enter their late fifties or even early sixties. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Brookner, beauty, growing older gracefully, inspiration, middle-age, truth
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How Fortunate A Woman She Is
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Tagged book quote, Carol Shields, fortunate, happiness, lucky, quote, strength, strong woman, The Republic Of Love
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Leather Bound
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Tagged Books, leather, reading, Sassy, Smarty Pants, strong women
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It Had Been Said That She Was A Little Off Her Head
“It had been said that she was a little off her head. Still, to the people who knew her well, it sometimes seemed open to doubt whether she was mad by her own choice, or from some caprice of hers, … Continue reading
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Tagged Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen, more fun in life, philosophy, Seven Gothic Tales, strong woman
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The Rest of Her Life Lies Before Her on a Clear and Shining Track
“It is an electric storm of some violence. They can see the forked lightning flash around them and above them. The snowy peaks and dark creased mineral clefts and ridges of the sharp alps are ranged inhospitably below them. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Carthage, heroine, Margaret Drabble, quote, travel quote
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She was of the Stuff of Which Great Men’s Mothers are Made
” Deeds of endurance which seem ordinary in philosophy are rare in conduct, and Bathsheba was astonishing all around her now, for her philosophy was her conduct, and she seldom thought practicable what she did not practice. She was of … Continue reading
She is the Funniest, Looniest Woman in Her World
“Being a woman is hard work. Not without joy and even ecstasy, but still relentless, unending work…the woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough…it is imperative that a woman keep her sense of … Continue reading
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Tagged humor, laughter, Maya Angelou, sense of humor, Women
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If you can’t take it, you ain’t gonna make it
” I still have a lot of folks come up—black and white—who try to discourage me, and it don’t even faze me anymore. I don’t let nobody tell me what I can’t do. Only time I say I can’t do somethin’ … Continue reading
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You are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be
“As I look back on the trip now, as I try to sort out fact from fiction, try to remember how I felt at that particular time, or during that particular incident, try to relive those memories that have been … Continue reading
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Heroines like to be alone or at least know how
“I read a romance in Mrs. Bath’s library once,” Margaret said. “The heroine was going to a dance alone. I read quite a few romances when I was a girl. I noticed that heroines liked to be alone, or at … Continue reading
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