Heroine Quotes

As Evelyn slid to a stop in the center of the hallway, Butler calmly shook his head. Then he lifted his machine gun and fired.

~ Elizabeth Heiter

There's always enough retribution to be dealt.

~ Amber Silvia

Ah'm thinking about shoutin 'stop' but ah could never turn away at this point. If smack is as addictive as they say, then ah'm already aw the junky ah'm ever gaunny be.

~ Irvine Welsh

Imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you.

~ Hilary Mantel

A glad zest and hopefulness might be inspired even in the most jaded and ennui-cursed, were there in our homes such simple, truthful natures as that of my heroine, and it is in the sphere of quiet homes—not elsewhere—I believe that a woman can best rule and save the world.

~ T.c. Boyle

A bullet is worth a thousand threats. And I shot two.

~ Aleks Canard

Curiosity was getting the better of me.

~ Amanda Giasson

And now I may dismiss my heroine to the sleepless couch, which is the true heroine's portion - to a pillow strewed with thorns and wet with tears. And lucky may she think herself, if she get another good night's rest in the course of the next three months.

~ Jane Austen

Don't you agree? Swordplay is a dance of sorts, an understanding of the logical, most sophisticated next step. Except that in a fight, one must take the unexpected step. In dance it is all about taking the right, expected step.

~ Lisa Tawn Bergren

Anyone can be a hero, even those who cannot. They just have to believe.

~ T.a. Cline

I've done nothing for the past five years but try to be the hero who protects her. The problem? Heroines don't need protecting.

~ Colleen Hoover

I've never liked being looked at like I was a hero. I always wind up letting someone down. Sometimes I get lucky. Sometimes the only person who gets hurt is me.

~ Seanan Mcguire

Dear Diary, the Heroine never cries.

~ Amelia F. Jones

She wasn’t going to back down. She knew that. She communicated that. She was here until the death.

~ C.d. Bell

I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day!

~ Walt Disney Company

Just a girl? Hardly. In Hellea, you were a boy, a storyteller, a rogue who infiltrated the deepest cellars of the greatest library in the world. A born trickster as well. Before that, what were you? A warrior trained by a prince, a storyteller's daughter. And more, I should think. But never just a girl, Cassia.

~ Steven Poore