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

“Some call it brash. Others call it independent. Pick your interpretation.”
― Eri Leigh, A Queen's Game

“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

“Her scent made me feel comfortable and protected, I have never felt this way with anyone else.

There was no doubt that she was my mate and there was no way that I was going to let her go.”
― Jayla Williams, As The River Flows: What Is One Wolf Without The Other

“She was a puppet, and the men in her life held the strings. Elyse swore to give everything into being a mage so she could cut those strings. No husband, father, friend, or king would decide for her again.”
― Eri Leigh, A Queen's Game

“I couldn’t say anything. I could only think about how the world would be without light, and without goodness.
This had to stop.
And I was determined to be the person to stop it.”
― Bin Userkaf, Itchikan: 'til death do us part'

“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 love breaking the rules of society,
And making my own!
I hate conforming to the high standards of morality,
Set exclusively for women!”
― Deeksha Tripathi, 50 SHADES OF LIFE & ME

“Change inspired historians to write and bards to sing; it made for a story worth telling. Valeriya would do everything in her power to ensure her life meant something—that her legacy lived long after her ashes scattered to the winds.”
― Eri Leigh, A Queen's Game

“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?

“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