No Damsel Here Quotes

“No weapon in my bag? No problem—my whole bag was a weapon. Grabbing it by the strap again, I swung it off my shoulder and through the air toward my assailant with as much force as I could muster.”
― J.M. Richards, Tall, Dark Streak of Lightning

“She had just as much a right to be out on the street as any man. She was dressed as a lady, and if these roguish-looking men did not treat her as one, they would soon find out that she was no damsel. Reaching into her valise, her fingers wrapped around her steel scissors and, gripping the handle like a knife, she held them at the ready as she strode home.”
― Grace Hitchcock, Hearts of Gold Collection

“She was stronger now and did not need the opinion of a man to validate her beauty.”
― Grace Hitchcock, Hearts of Gold Collection