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There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women. — Joanna Russ

In her orchard the trees had been born from deaths; they marked and grew from the remains of the children that had passed through her. — Nadifa Mohamed

Homosexuality is the direct result of chastity in women. — James Jones

An old friend of mine named Jean fell through a tear in her marriage and landed on her feet. — Catherine McNamara

Aw honey. Today's as important as forever." Grandpa Joe in "Shave and a Haircut" Flash Warden and Other Stories — Eileen Granfors

It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction. — Mary Gordon

Women in mystery fiction were largely confined to little old lady snoops - amateur sleuths - who are nurses, teachers, whatever. — Marcia Muller

With time, grief has a way of slipping down in the crevices of your heart. It never really leaves; it just makes room for more. — Nancy B. Brewer

Well, honey, it is the south. These debutantes know how to verbally kick anyone's ass. They learned it from their mamas in the womb. — Magan Vernon

I haven't always been a patient man ... but something tells me you'd be worth the wait. — Sam Langley

Until quite recently women's histories were largely overlooked but in the wake of feminism there has been increasing interest in retrieving them. — Alison Weir

Lawyers aren't the most popular people, Miss Allen ... - Murder in Hand — Celia Conrad

She was as lovely sleeping as she was dripping in sensuality at the fundraiser — Kailin Gow

Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life."
Patricia Briggs. — Demetra Angelis Foustanellas

He could fit what he knew about women in a bullet casing and still have room for the gunpowder. — Karen Witemeyer

I brought you something. It's my sister's coat. It
gets cold in Nashville in the wintertime. — Nancy B. Brewer

It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal. — Carol Ann Duffy

Most people surrendered fairy tale hopes in exchange for cookie cutter lives — Roy L. Pickering Jr.

Honest, hopelessly romantic old-fashioned gentleman seeks lady friend who enjoys elegant dining, dancing and the slow bloom of affection. — Claire Cook

I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered. — Ottessa Moshfegh

All I want is to sleep
to dream. Life is better in dreams. — Christina Westover

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women. — Nora Roberts

We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies. — Annalee Newitz

Terry recalled far better days when she'd risen bright and early every morning.... Days before darkness had closed in and refused to leave.... — Dawn M. Turner

The porcelain doll residing in her white-pillared dollhouse was a mirage. — Katlyn Charlesworth

There is a little bit of everybody in everybody. — Leonard Leventon

Why couldn't she have given him a sultry laugh as she'd seen women do in movies instead of giggling like some enchanted, mindless school girl? — Dawn M. Turner

The magical gem bracelet, in all of its yellow beauty, was out of its league. My mind and heart couldn't slow down." --- Jennifer Mills — Dianne Bright

That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things. — Elizabeth Bowen

When you least expect it, you run in to an old friend from school, or the neighbour's cat, not Mary the Virgin Mother of God. — Margot McCuaig

In the publishing world, most editors are probably women. So I don't see the publishing world as a male-dominated one, especially within fiction. — Emma Donoghue

She was a predator - a creature of the night who rejoiced in the thrill of the hunt. — Alan Kinross

Nothing felt better to him than the act of waiting for her. As long as he believed it wasn't in vain, he was able to justify his presence. — Roy L. Pickering Jr.

Even in death, her mother was winning. — Noorilhuda

Ann Boleyn...a Renaissance Audrey Hepburn in a little black dress. — JoAnn Spears

A woman's got one life: She's got to reach out and grab it with both hands, or it'll pass her by and leave nothing but a smelly old fart in her face. — Robin Schone

They inhabited a lost world of splendour and brutality, a world dominated by religious change, in which there were few saints. — Alison Weir

WHAT THE HELL WAS I DOING?! Oh, right.$1500."
From "Clown Porn" in "Broken Headbone — Ginny McMath

Ethan didn't mind his blood being taken - he just disliked the fact that it had to be sucked through a needle in order to do it. — Belinda G. Buchanan

A check girl in peach-bloom Chinese pajamas came over to take my hat and disapprove of my clothes. She had eyes like strange sins. — Raymond Chandler

If I were a character in one of my books, I'd be the optimistic one, believing the best and urging others to do the same. — Stacy Hawkins Adams

Next time
we will roll out the red carpet for you in the United States of Arabia, my brethren! — Leonard Leventon