262 Quotes About Women-s-fiction

An old friend of mine named Jean fell through a tear in her marriage and landed on her feet.

Mussolini and his lover were brought back to Milan and hung upside-down like fowls.

This book is, among many other things, about grief and loss, and about women unwilling to diminish their desires to live full and complex lives.

Here's the thing about dreams. Everyone thinks that if something is meant to be, it's going to come eaasy. Life isn't easy. It isn't supposed to be. Doing something worthwhile takes sacrifice. Do you think I've loved every minute I've spent at work? I've spent years being miserable. But I've given up everything to get to where I am, and I'm not going to let one little setback get in my way. I'm going to prove them wrong. No matter what. That's what it takes sometimes: sheer stubborn will.

How many times can your heart menduntil it's broken beyond repair?

I don’t mind admitting that I had no control in my house at mealtimes. I’d like to say it was because I saved my authority for the bigger things, but I was just trying to get through the day, one hideous hour at a time.

And now he had her in his arms, this amazing, prickly, suspicious, hardheaded woman that he was falling for in spite of himself because she was also sweet and kind and had the biggest heart of anyone he’d ever met. Falling hard. It was going to take a lot to convince her that he was a good idea, although he was pretty sure her body might’ve already made its decision. He had no idea what it would take to persuade the rest of her.

I’ve learned that life is a crapshoot, and at any moment someone can walk into it and change it forever.

You ran away from me and I'm not used to people running away from me.