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Women Quotes - Page 24

When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal.

"Fictional character: Marquise de Merteuil". "Dangerous Liaisons", www.imdb.com. 1988.

A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.

Lisa Kleypas (2008). “A Wallflower Christmas: A Novel”, p.91, Macmillan

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Jane Austen (2008). “Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.”, p.79, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.

Sherlock Holmes in "The Man with the Twisted Lip" (1891). Holmes enigmatically distrusts women yet values their judgment.

There are two important days in a woman's life: the day she is born and the day she finds out why.

Terry Tempest Williams (2012). “When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice”, p.194, Macmillan

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

"Untamed Tongues : Wild Words from Wild Women". Book by Autumn Stephens (p. 132), 1993.

Act, and God will act.

Saint Joan (of Arc), Thomas de Courcelles, Guillaume Manchon, Pierre Cauchon (1907). “Jeanne D'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France: Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in Original Documents”