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Quotes About Femininity

You lay in wait behind a laurel tree and everything was sweeter women wandering I barely heard darling soul such as I now am you came beautiful in your garments
~ Sappho
Rebuff other ways as quickly as you can and you, Dika, with your soft hands take stems of lovely anise and loop them in your locks. The blessed Graces love to gaze at one in flowers but turn their backs on one whose hair is bare.
~ Sappho
Little girls are kept away from the things that would make them strong, in the name of protection and propriety.
~ Sara Donati
And I knew it was her, the one I thought I'd never find. A strong woman, a smart, beautiful, uncompromising woman, and sure of her place in the world.
~ Sara Donati
Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female characters in my historical novels, getting these details right is vital.
~ Sara Sheridan
Always wise aunts come in many guises. There are maiden aunts, dowager aunts, and that delightful creature, the eccentric aunt. I fear I fall into the latter category.
~ Sara Sheridan
Some women will do anything for a glass of champagne and a safe bed.
~ Sara Sheridan
Playing on her femininity and making him feel uncomfortable seemed highly effective.
~ Sara Sheridan
The only trouble with being female in Pakistan is that it allows for two possible modes of behaviour--either you can be sweet and simple, or you can be cold and proud.
~ Sara Suleri
Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time.
~ Stella McCartney
As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things.
~ Zoe Saldana
Fun is fun but no girl wants to laugh all of the time.
~ Anita Loos
Look - guys are dogs. Women have known this since the beginning of time. Guys don't want to be chased; they chase. So if you're going to catch one, you have to know how to make him chase you.
~ Tammara Webber
I, woman, give birth: and this time to myself.
~ Alma Luz Villanueva
It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time.
~ Angela Carter
I like talking. I didn't know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair.
~ Diane Sawyer
I think I would like to have lived in the 1930s and worn beautiful bias cut dresses all the time.
~ Nanette Lepore
I can't wait for the time when curves and a little belly fat will be sexy again!
~ Shakira
Who knew that all this time the nectar of the Gods was in my va-jay-jay.
~ Darynda Jones
You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good athlete, it doesn't mean you're not a woman.
~ Martina Navratilova
I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.
~ Portia de Rossi
For the longest time, I thought I was a boy. I really did. I wore boys' clothes, played tag football.
~ Eliza Dushku
I like girls to be wild but at the same time beautifully brought up and very funny.
~ Karl Lagerfeld
. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and society.
~ M. Carey Thomas