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Quotes About Femininity

Because it's our first official album, we wanted to show our color, the color of Blackpink. We wanted to present an image that people would think of when they think of Blackpink, and what kind of music we put out... we channeled the girly side of ourselves and performed according to the girly lyrics.
~ Jennie
Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril.
~ Kate Reardon
I've been underweight my entire life but not so much that I didn't get my period.
~ Carole Radziwill
The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
~ Hannah Cowley
Everything about women is in perpetual crisis.
~ Carol Gilligan
A 41-inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee - a lot more.
~ Jayne Mansfield
When all the laces are undone, when all the petticoats have fallen, the woman is dressed only in her perfume.
~ Pierre Louÿs
To be mortal means to die, and both Eve and Pandora bring death into the world. This is a curious rerversal of the fact that women bring life into the world, but it says something about the meaning of 'woman' within a religion dominated by male gods.
~ Polly Young-Eisendrath
Wanita itu Dewa. Wanita itu Kehidupan. Wanita itu Perhiasan.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Bagi wanita muda, Mas Nganten, sebenarnya tak ada kesulitan hidup di dunia, apalagi kalau ia canti, dan rodi sudah tak ada lagi.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Ah, Gus, begini kodrat perempuan. Dia menderitakan sakit waktu melahirkan, menderita sakit lagi karena tingkahnya.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Ma consolation, c'est de penser aux femmes que j'ai connues, aujourd'hui qu'il n'y a plus d'élegance
~ Proust Marcel
There is nothing so evil as the mind of a virtuous woman.
~ Proverb
Water, smoke, and a vicious woman, drive men out of the house.
~ Proverb
Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead; And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head Fell carelessly behind.
~ Publius Terentius Afer
Saree is my Superhero Outfit. There is something so special about Saree. Saree makes me feel empowered, stunningly dressed and beautiful.
~ Purvi Raniga
Una mujer se embellece para el hombre que sabe apreciarla».
~ Qiu Xiaolong
In reality, the only true model of a successful woman was the Divine Sarah.
~ Rabih Alameddine
In her world, husbands were omnipotent, never impotent.
~ Rabih Alameddine
O woman, you are not merely the handiwork of God, but also of men; these are ever endowing you with beauty from their hearts. Poets are weaving for you a web with threads of golden imagery; painters are giving your form ever new immortality. The sea gives its pearls, the mines their gold, the summer gardens their flowers to deck you, to cover you, to make you more precious. The desire of men's hearts has shed its glory over your youth. You are one half woman and one half dream.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
When man was being made, the Creator was a schoolmaster— His bag full of commandments and principles; but when He came to woman, He resigned His headmastership and turned artist, with only His brush and paint-box.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
WOMAN, when you move about in your household service your limbs sing like a hill stream among its pebbles.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Flower-shopping is a ladylike occupation that does not involve getting your hands dirty; it is about supplying the house with beauty, not scrubbing it clean.
~ RACHEL BOWLBY
I'm not the kind of woman who intuitively understands or sympathises with other women, probably because I don't understand or sympathise all that much with myself.
~ Rachel Cusk