January 2012
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She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her...
– J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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How the unforgettable faces of dusk would blend to her, the myriad footsteps, a...
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
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I’m no model lady. A model’s just an imitation of the real thing.
– Mae West
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Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost...
– Virginia Woolf, The Waves
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She is a girl and would not be afraid to walk the whole world with herself.
– Augusta Gregory, Visions And Beliefs In The West Of Ireland
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Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver...
– W.B. Yeats, “He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven”
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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself...
– Edna St. Vincent Millay
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I like smooth shiny girls, hardboiled and loaded with sin.
– Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely
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But now and then, a woman walks up, full blossom, a woman just bursting out of...
– Charles Bukowski, Post Office
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I wrote the story myself. It’s about a girl who lost her reputation and...
– Mae West
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Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”...
– Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
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Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave...
– Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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