Quotes About Woman

A perfect Woman; nobly plann'd,   To warn, to comfort, and command;   And yet a Spirit still, and bright   With something of an angel light.

The demon woman is a mythological type, and appears either as the companion of the enemy, or as the seductress of the hero; she sleeps with him-or at least promises to-and kills him.

One-woman waterfall, she wearsHer slow descent like a long capeAnd pausing, on the final stairCollects her motions into shape.

I'd try to wash away the noise of the weeping woman and the vision of dust, but it echoed in my head all day.

I became a person who was very good at hiding her emotions. Maybe that was why people thought I was heartless. Apparently my face often had a blank expression. Huizi, my most intellectual friend, would say, "Fenfang, yours is the face of a post-modern woman.

Quand la femme n'est pas l'ambition suprême de l'homme, quand elle n'est pas la fin de toute initiative en ce monde, la vie ne mériterait ni ses joies ni ses peines

the one, true unique beauty is woman. The rest, all the rest, exists simply to adorn her.

prends femme, Younes. seul l'amour est capable de nous venger des coups bas de la vie. et souvient toi, si une femme t'aimait aucune étoile ne se mettrait hors de ta porté, aucune divinité ne t'arrivera à la cheville

prends femme, Younes. seul l'amour est capable de nous venger des coups bas de la vie. et souvient toi, si une femme t'aimait aucune étoile ne se mettrait hors de ta portée, aucune divinité ne t'arriverait à la cheville

If a woman loves you, Younes, if she truly loves you, and if you have the wisdom to appreciate this great privilege, then there is no god to touch you.

Suki is the nation's ideal girlfriend, a woman for whom bubbliness is a way of life, verging on a disorder.

In the lobby, an old woman with legs wrapped in elastic bandages mopped the floor with filthy water. She kept missing the same spot, over and over. There was the overpowering smell of disinfectant, bad tobacco, and wet wool. This was the smell of Russia indoors, the smell of the woman in front of you on line, the smell of every elevator. Near an abandoned newsstand, dozens of overcoats hung on long rows of pegs, somber and dark, lightly steaming, like nags in a stable.

I address J as a living writer in greater detail, as well as the Hebraic culture in which she attained her scholarship, in my previous books appearing after The Book of J (in particular, Abraham: The First Historical Biography, The Book of David, and The Lost Book of Paradise). And in the The Book of J, coauthored with Harold Bloom, I began to describe the textuality of J's narrative, while both Bloom and I first addressed the likelihood of J being a woman.

Shut ya face. I'm watchin' TV and stuffin' meself!" came the woman's gruff voice from the lounge.

after a woman has reached a sort of final maturity, her soul has unfolded like a fireflower and no amount of time can extinguish the flame or attenuate the colors.

Never, under any circumstances, argue with a tired woman. She is always right.

I'm a woman. Guilt is our birthright.

Have you not yet learned that it is easier to pull a star down from the heavens than to bend a woman to your will?

I'm a woman. Guilt is our birthright. Guilt if we want to be mothers, guilt if we take the Pill instead or choose to abort. Guilt if we stay home with our kids or guilt if we work. Guilt if we sleep with a man, guilt if we say no. Guilt if we're lucky enough to survive for no good reason.

Most people are incapable of understanding a woman like you," he said simply. "You defy comprehension." "That might be the nicest thing you have ever said to me.

An investigator has to have a defense arsenal. Heck, every woman alive should have one if she wants to stay that way.

When I meet a woman whose energy falters at the first barrier, she seems to fade beside my mother.

In every man, there is a child. In every woman, there is a mother.

The beauty of a woman is not in her facial makeup but in the kindness of her soul.