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Quotes About Femininity

Altogether, the instinct of sex is not pandered to in Oxford. It is not, however, as it may once have been, dormant. The modern importation of samples of femininity serves to keep it alert, though not to gratify it.
~ Max Beerbohm
It's the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I'm a woman Phenomenally.
~ Maya Angelou
Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
~ Maya Angelou
Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?
~ Maya Angelou
Go, she whispered. Go. Show them you spell your name W-O-M-A-N.
~ Maya Angelou
The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough. She must have convinced herself, that she, her values, and her choices are important. In a time and world where males hold sway and control, the pressure upon women to yield their rights-of-way is tremendous. And it is under those very circumstances that the woman's toughness must be in evidence.
~ Maya Angelou
I am Woman, Phenomenally, Phenomenal Woman, that's me.
~ Maya Angelou
I wanted to be a woman, but that seemed to me to be a world to which I was to be eternally refused entrance. What I needed was a boyfriend. A boyfriend would clarify my position to the world and, even more important, to myself. A boyfriend's acceptance of me would guide me into that strange and exotic land of frills and femininity.
~ Maya Angelou
Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?
~ Maya Angelou
after all, girls have to giggle, and after being a woman for theee years I was about to become a girl.
~ Maya Angelou
The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough. She must have convinced herself, or be in the unending process of convincing herself, that she, her values, and her choices are important. In a time and world where males hold sway and control, the pressure upon women to yield their rights-of-way is tremendous. And it is under those very circumstances that the woman's toughness must be in evidence.
~ Maya Angelou
After being a woman for three years, I became a girl.
~ Maya Angelou
I don't think she understood half of what she was saying herself, but, after all, girls have to giggle, and after being a woman for three years I was about to become a girl.
~ Maya Angelou
I am a woman / Phenomenally / Phenomenal woman / That's me.
~ Maya Angelou
It's in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.
~ Maya Angelou
Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.
~ Maya Angelou
I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal women, That's me.
~ Maya Angelou
It simply isn't a woman's nature to be silent for prolonged periods of time.
~ Maya Banks
Kissing her was something he'd never grow tired of. It was like drinking warm sunshine or licking the sugary sweetness of honey from a spoon. Smooth, silky-soft, and delicate and ultra feminine. She inspired possessiveness such that he all but screamed that she was his. And the hell of it was she didn't even know it.
~ Maya Banks
Pink is you. Definitely your color.
~ Maya Banks
Boobs," she mumbled around a second slice of pizza. "Boobs are huge now. I hate it. I feel like I'm incubating aliens and they're ready to hatch.
~ Maya Banks
Why should women have to fit into child sizes in order to be considered desirable? That is both sick and depressing.
~ Meg Cabot
But Grandmère is just like all those other women who go around wanting the same rights as men, but don't want to call themselves feminists. Because that isn't "feminine.
~ Meg Cabot
She went to the most expensive private girls' school in Connecticut. All they taught her there was how to fold doilies. Pointedly ignoring Alex, I said to John, I'm sure if you show me, I'll catch on. Excellent.John's gaze on me was warm. Then later perhaps you could show me how to fold doilies.
~ Meg Cabot