Strong Female Characters Quotes

“So,’ she said cautiously, 'is all this your way of telling me you’re the villain?’
His chuckle was dark. 'I’m definitely not the hero.’
'I already knew that,’ Tella said. 'It’s my story, so clearly I’m the hero.”
― Stephanie Garber, Legendary

“I may be in pain, but I am not weak.”
― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

“Perfect! You guys are the same age. I bet you have a lot in common.”
Classic adult logic. Reid and I are vaguely the same age, so of course we’re basically soul mates. It’s like horoscopes. Somehow I’m supposed to believe that I’m similar in some meaningful way to every single person born on my birthday. Or every single Sagittarius. I mean, I barely have anything in common with Cassie, and we were born six minutes apart.”
― Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited

“You’re a lady. It’s written all over you, but the West doesn’t forgive any woman-unless she’s got a man.”
― Liliana Shelbrook, Lantern in the Mist

“Here’s what I would never, ever admit out loud: a part of me always thought it was some kind of secret compliment when someone got called a slut. It meant you were having sex. Which meant people wanted to have sex with you. Being a slut just meant you were normal. But I think maybe I’m wrong about that.”
― Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited

“In writing, a good guy must never break any of the Ten Commandments. A bad guy must break every one. That's why writing female characters is so much fun. They're not GUYS at all.”
― Kimberly Black, A Fiction Writer's Character Workbook

“I can’t seem to shake this perpetual awareness of being Molly.”
― Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited

“Society has obviously been worshipping the wrong heroes this whole
time because I’m convinced it takes less strength to pick up a building than
it does to permanently leave an abusive situation.”
― Collen Hoover

“She resisted the urge to run, only prey ran [and] Niko had no intention on becoming prey”
― Kayti Nika Raet, Niko

“Tara has not seen much in the way of technology, only from strangers passing through her village. People from the village are of the old ways, fearing technology because of the world's destructive history, but for Tara it was interesting and strange. She isn't afraid of strange things.”
― Julian Fernandes, Avinon

“you grow a bird in a cage and then humiliate it by telling - 'you can't fly'.”
― SIYA SEJAL, THORNS OF ESLANDA

“Our souls are desperate for each other; they like to hold each other tight and sing a melody of waltz Infront of the world.”
― Scarlett Wind

“First of all, you won't. You gave me your word. Second of all, Antonio, I can stand up for myself. am not some defenseless woman. Not anymore. The last man who hit on me took a bullet to the leg. So you won't scare me.”
― Lana Mikel, Temporary Truce

“Joes Stuhl knarzte, als er ebenfalls aufstand. Sie hörte das leise Klingeln der Sporenrädchen, während er ihr zur Kommode folgte. Im nächsten Moment waberte Tabakqualm in weißen nebligen Schwaden um sie herum, als ein Schwall Rauch sie traf. Joe trat so dicht neben sie, dass ihre Arme sich fast berührten.
Ein Schauer rieselte ihr unvermittelt den Rücken hinunter. Sie fühlte seinen Blick auf sich, während sie sich aus der Karaffe von dem Whiskey eingoss.”
― Melanie Nova, Die Avantgardistin: Westwärts

“There were those that stole lives without killing.”
― Nicole T. Smith, We Have Shadows Too

“My memories, my legacy. I’ll be damned if I don’t try to save it.”
― Isabelle Knightly, Love in the Eye of the Storm: A Stand-alone, Clean Romance, Enemies to Lovers story with a Handsome Millionaire and a Country Horseback-riding Strong Heroine. Lovable characters and grounded story.

“I have never gone down without a fight, and I do not plan to start today. A calm settles over me—ruthless and cold and unending.

If they want a show, I’ll give them one.”
― Olivia M. Geib, The Daughter of Fire & Fury: Born to Burn

“Who should be like thorns?

The one who grows flowers amidst predators!”
― SIYA SEJAL, THORNS OF ESLANDA

“I will prepare for war but death will not come for me. I will avenge all who have died, usurper. Beware the Princess of Ahilon.”
― Samantha Shaye, The Fall of Ahilon

“You don't see me praising you. - Cagdas

You wouldn't praise your pet wolf if it was doing tricks for you. - Zaure

This is possibly true...But we're not talking about hypothetical pet wolves. We're talking about two real people with real feelings. You've only just met him." - Cagdas”
― Samantha Shaye, The Fall of Ahilon

“Society has obviously worshipping the wrong heroes this whole time, because I'm convinced it takes less strength to pick up a building than it does to permanently leave an abusive situation.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Society has obviously been worshipping the wrong heroes this whole time, because I'm convinced it takes less strength to pick up a building than it does to permanently leave an abusive situation.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Society has obviously been worshipping the wrong heroes this whole time because I'm convinced it takes less strength to pick up a building than it does to permanently leave an abusive situation.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Jason chuckled. “Were you worried we’d christen your guest shower?”
“That’s sweet, darling.” Yoo Mi flashed a smile Jason recognized from dozens of magazine covers. “But there’s not a single corner of this condo that’s gone unchristened.”
― KT Salvo

“Men are supposed to protect their women from harm and the harsh, evil world. But what is a girl to do when the evil inhabits her own home? When the depraved monster forces her to spread her legs and take him inside like a meek, compliant wife, and beats her when she doesn’t?
She plans a murder, that’s what she does.”
― Dolores Lane, Bloody Fingers & Red Lipstick

“Sometime bad self-esteem is just good common sense" Cloris Leachman, Spanglish”
― Kristen Wasyliszyn, Why Is My Bra Still On?

“Night cloaked the sky. Venus hovered overhead surrounded by traces of stars. The temperature must have dropped, as tears stung Ada’s eyes. She wiped them away with a bare hand. She hadn’t bothered with her gloves or her hood. There was no need to. As Ada navigated across the cul-de-sac, towards her home, silhouetted against the night, she felt no cold. She felt nothing at all.”
― Lisa Bush, City Hall

“I didn’t make a sound but, clenched my teeth to stop myself from reacting. If I did, I would cry. Not because it hurt, but because someone was taking care of me.”
― Devanshi Sehra, The Smitten Sky: An Enemies to Lovers Dark Fantasy Romance

“I punched the damn prince in his face. I wished I had broken a nose. He was not expecting the grace I’d slammed on his pretty face. I knew it by the way he growled and covered his nose with his hand. “Fuck! That hurts, Thea.”
― Devanshi Sehra, The Smitten Sky: An Enemies to Lovers Dark Fantasy Romance

“I underestimated you." He shook his head. "I'll hold my hands up on this and say I was shocked you could outrun me. And it was..."
What? Annoying? Emasculating? Frustrating? What?
"So fucking hot."
Huh.”
― Briar Black, Bane