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Quotes About Woman

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!
~ Abraham Lincoln
For a woman, love is the highest dream, and if a man promises to build a ladder tall enough to reach it, she believes him, hikes up her skirt, and follows him to the stars. Now
~ Adriana Trigiani
woman, Lucia. Listen to me. A woman is not like a man. She doesn't get to choose. She follows her heart, and that's what makes the map
~ Adriana Trigiani
Yes, he had the heart to sacrifice his daughter, to bless the war that avenge the loss of a woman.
~ Aeschylus
By her estimation, the woman had probably been five years old during the height of the war. Listening to panicked voices in the next room. The majority of the living memories now owned by then-children.
~ Aimee Bender
The difference between Old Honolulu and New, she would come to decide, was the difference between a beautiful woman who was simply being herself and a beautiful woman calling attention to herself: a little vain perhaps, but you couldn't say she wasn't attractive.
~ Alan Brennert
a woman smart and persistent enough that even a PhD in psychology hasn't clouded her insight into how people think and act.
~ Derrick Jensen
Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
~ Desiderius Erasmus
The idea of a powerful woman aware of her own desires made people uncomfortable and so she was portrayed as barbaric, even demonic, not in control of her passions.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
A line has been drawn around her hut. She has been told very clearly that only within the line do the laws of culture apply; here she is Ram's wife. Outside is nature, where the rules of marriage make no sense; she is just a woman for the taking.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
In Hindu art, a woman depicted holding a lotus bud is deemed a virgin; when she holds a lotus in bloom, she is regarded as mature and experienced.
~ Devdutt Pattanaik
If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire 'best director' category would be comprised of models. To me, that is just the most ludicrous connection that you could make.
~ Diablo Cody
I swore an oath before the altar of God to protect this woman. And if you're tellin' me that ye consider your own authority to be greater than that of the Almighty, then I must inform ye that I'm not of that opinion, myself.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Yes, you are nosy. You're a dreadfully nosy, horribly bossy, appallingly clean old woman. Control yourself. You're victimizing us all.
~ Diana Wynne Jones
I had a career and I came to motherhood late and am not married and have never had such a trusting relationship with a man - and trust is where the real power of love comes from.
~ Diane Keaton
A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.
~ Diane Mariechild
Because if a woman learns to separate what she thinks from how she feels, she has a chance of making the right decision for herself.
~ Dirk Wittenborn
She was one of the most unimportantly wicked women of her time - because she could not let her time alone, and yet could never be a part of it.
~ Djuna Barnes
Amore di donna per una donna... Che insana smania di sofferenza non lenita e di maternità l'ha mai portato alla mente?»
~ Djuna Barnes
Quando regaliamo una bambola a una bambina, le regaliamo la morte - è l'effige e il sudario; quando una donna la regala a una donna, è la vita che esse non possono avere, è la loro figlia, sacra e profana.»
~ Djuna Barnes
The very condition of Woman is so subject to Hazard, so complex, and so grievous, that to place her at one moment is but to displace her at the next.
~ Djuna Barnes
A bachelor is a selfish, undeserving guy who has cheated some woman out of a divorce.
~ Don Quinn
A woman stood in front of her with the peculiar poise that comes before the discovery of age and after the loss of innocence.
~ Donald Kingsbury
The age of a woman is not important: you can be wonderful in your 20's, amazing in your 40's and stay fabulous for the rest of your life.
~ Coco Chanel