Feminine Quotes

“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

“Stop it." Isabelle tapped a booted foot in the shallow water at the lake's edge. "Both of you. In fact, all three of you. If we don't stick together in the Seelie Court, we're dead."
"But I haven't-," Clary started.
"Maybe you haven't, but the way you let those two act..." Isabelle indicated the boys with a disdainful wave of her hand.
"I can't tell them what to do!"
"Why not?" the other girl demanded. "Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority, I just don't know what I'll do with you.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

“She was a free bird one minute: queen of the world and laughing. The next minute she would be in tears like a porcelain angel, about to teeter, fall and break. She never cried because she was afraid that something 'would' happen; she would cry because she feared something that could render the world more beautiful, 'would not' happen.”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

“I am a strong and powerful woman.
I am proud to be a woman and I celebrate the qualities that I have as a woman.
I am not defined by other people’s opinion of who I should be or what I should do as a woman. I determine that, not anyone else.
I am not passed up for a position, title, or promotion because I am a woman.
I fully deserve all the good things that comes my way.
Irrespective of what anyone might think, being a woman places no boundaries or limits on my abilities.
I can do anything I set my mind to.
I celebrate my womanhood and I am beautiful both inside and out.”
― idowu koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“Wildflower; pick up your pretty little head,
It will get easier, your dreams are not dead.”
― Nikki Rowe

“What is a Wanderess? Bound by no boundaries, contained by no countries, tamed by no time, she is the force of nature’s course.”
― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

“The mermaid is an archetypal image that represents a woman who is at ease in the great waters of life, the waters of emotion and sexuality. She shows us how to embrace our instinctive sexuality and sensuality so that we can affirm the essence of our feminine nature, the wisdom of our bodies, and the playfulness of our spirits. She symbolizes our connection with our deepest instinctive feelings, our wild and untamed animal nature that exists below the surface of outward personalities. She is able to respond to her mysterious sexual impulses without abandoning her more human, conscious side. What happened to the girls who dreamed of being mermaids?”
― Anita Johnston, Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling

“She was so intelligent that she could think herself into beauty. Intelligence...they don't talk about it much, the poets, but when a woman is intelligent and passionate and good...”
― Eva Ibbotson, A Company of Swans

“When a Wanderess has been caged,
or perched with her wings clipped,
She lives like a Stoic,
She lives most heroic,
smiling with ruby, moistened lips
once her cup of Death is welcome sipped.”
― Roman Payne

“The stiletto is a feminine weapon that men just don't have.”
― Christian Louboutin

“Every man who is any kind of artist has a great deal of female in him. I act and give of myself as a man, but I register and receive with the soul of a woman. The only really good artists are feminine. I can't admit the existence of an artist whose dominant personality is masculine.”
― Orson Welles, My Lunches with Orson

“Those of us who embrace the feminine know its strength.”
― Betsy Cornwell

“It is arrogance in us to call frankness, fairness, and chivalry ‘masculine’ when we see them in a woman; it is arrogance in them to describe a man’s sensitiveness or tact or tenderness as ‘feminine.”
― C.S. Lewis

“How dare a person tell a woman, how to dress, how to talk, how to behave! Any being who does that, is no human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Bengal Tigress: A Treatise on Gender Equality

“Feminine' was a test like some witch trial she was preordained to fail.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer

“The menopause of Sarah became her menostart; this is feminine beauty! The death plot against Mordecai became his life spring; this is masculine beauty! A kind of life lived in God's word is a life of miraculous beauty!”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“For Zola, as for Huysmans, nature itself is uncanny because it is the domain of the feminine, a domain that is constitutionally defective, lacking, even pathological.”
― Charles Bernheimer

“When you are playing the ‘strong and independent’ woman game, YOU ARE IN RESISTANCE TO YOUR OWN SENSUALITY.”
― Lebo Grand

“Huysmans takes the old trope of moon-as-woman and replaces its romantic connotations with decadent ones: the moon here is woman as clamorous lunatic, as convulsive epileptic.”
― Charles Bernheimer

“If she was going to live her life with a label, she wanted it to be one of her choosing.”
― Jennifer Niven, Meet the Newmans

“Indeed the word masculine is only a bugbear: there is little reason to fear that women will acquire too much courage or fortitude; for their apparent inferiority with respect to bodily strength, must render them, in some degree, dependent on men in the various relations of life; but why should it be increased by prejudices that give a sex to virtue, and confound simple truths with sensual reveries?”
― Miriam Brody, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

“Ви можете собі дозволити бути непривітними, різькими і вас за це любитимуть. До жінок інші вимоги. Треба бездоганно балансувати на межі, коли тебе вже сприймають серйозно, але ще не вважають стервом. Це постійні зусилля. Ніхто не хоче мати діло з акулами.”
― Емілі Генрі, Book Lovers

“She wasn’t dramatic. She just felt everything too deeply.”
― Віра Лівен

“Deep within the recesses of your being, there exists a serene stillness, a hidden sanctuary where the tumult of the outside world gradually fades into silence. It is a refuge you can always return to, a sacred space where the weight of life dissipates and your true self blossoms, much like a fragile flower slowly unfurling its petals to welcome the caress of the sun. Your essence mirrors a stunning garden, vibrant and alive, where each bloom narrates tales of beauty and grace. This is hallowed ground, where the soft whispers of your heart intertwine with the gentle rustling of leaves, creating a symphony that resonates in perfect harmony. Within this enchanted haven, the world softens, and time seems to linger, allowing you to savor each moment. In the delicate balance of your masculine and feminine energies, there exists a kind of magic that transcends the ordinary. This exquisite equilibrium encapsulates the very essence of sensuality ~ a divine dance of strength and softness, fervor and gentleness. In this state of harmony, you emanate an irresistible allure, beckoning others to step into the warmth of your garden, where love and authenticity thrive in rich abundance...”
― Kaia Emerald

“I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
― F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (Collector's Edition)

“Even the moon has scars. That’s how she shines.”
― Віра Лівен

“I never chose the rose because it was soft. Men mistake it for a symbol of fragility, of perfume and petals, of dainty femininity wrapped in velvet and silk. They forget the thorns. They always do. That’s why it’s perfect and that’s why it’s mine. The rose doesn’t beg to be touched. It dares, and if you reach for it without reverence, it bleeds you.”
― Elijah Stepanovich, The Heir of Ash and Thunder

“The feminine is life-preserving, the masculine is life-enhancing.”
― Omar Delawar

“Each of us carries a story written in the language of our mothers, still echoing through our bones.”
― Deva Arani, The Mother Ache: Healing the Wounded Daughter Within

“I call this place the mother ache rather than the mother wound because it is not only pain but also longing—the pull toward wholeness beneath the wound. The word wound belongs to the language of fixing and repair, but the word ache speaks in the language of reverence. It is the tender pulse that reminds us we are made of love and that our journey is a remembrance of this truth. To ache is to honor this love, intrinsic belonging, and the yearning to return home to ourselves.”
― Deva Arani, The Mother Ache: Healing the Wounded Daughter Within