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Heroine Quotes

You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It’s difficult, because there’s a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable Picture Quote #1

I’ve tried to be inclusive in my 2B’ series. Over the course of three books, I wrote African-American characters, a paraplegic character, gay and lesbian characters, a bisexual, Jewish heroine, a multiracial hero, Korean and Chinese-American characters, and a multiracial supporting character Picture Quote #1

Emma’ is my favorite Jane Austen novel - one of my favorite novels period; a novel about intelligence outsmarting itself, about a complicated, nuanced, irresistible heroine who does everything wrong Picture Quote #1

How it works for me is that a scene comes to mind, usually a scene between the hero and heroine, that depicts the emotional conflict. From that scene, the characters come alive for me. I don’t do a lot of preplanning in any way when I write Picture Quote #1

Thus, she had learned a romance book was fiction. A hero who truly cared for the heroine was called a fantasy Picture Quote #1

That first meeting - the one where the hero and heroine start the slow burn that takes the whole story to turn into true love - is the single most important part of the whole book. Nail it, and you’ve won yourself readers Picture Quote #1

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It’s true that romance novels do detail the courtship phase of a relationship. We usually write ‘And they lived happily ever after’ before our heroine starts snoring or our hero starts tossing his socks over the hamper Picture Quote #1

People see their own lives as stories; a lifelong story with a single hero or heroine... much contemporary unhappiness is due to the fact that people in high tech societies receive neither strong myths and stories from their culture nor the ability to construct their own... they lose the plot Picture Quote #1

Jessica felt like a heroine in a tragic, dramatic love story. She lifted her chin and turned away. It was all over Picture Quote #1

It’s about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it Picture Quote #1

My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them Picture Quote #1

She was like a heroine in a novel that she herself was writing the character kept protesting that she was too strong for love and yet the narrator went on describing her desire Picture Quote #1

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Whoever heard of a midwife as a literary heroine? Yet midwifery is the very stuff of drama. Every child is conceived either in love or lust, is born in pain, followed by joy or sometimes remorse. A midwife is in the thick of it, she sees it all Picture Quote #1

You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It’s difficult, because there’s a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable Picture Quote #1

The romance genre is the only genre where readers are guaranteed novels that place the heroine at the heart of the story. These are books that celebrate women’s heroic virtues and values: courage, honor, determination and a belief in the healing power of love Picture Quote #1

What makes a heroine? I think I can answer that. A heroine is a woman who risks going too far in order to find out how far one can go for a cause greater than herself Picture Quote #1

I wanted to analyze how unnecessary it is to collapse a heroine into one specific mold, to give them all the same sparkly fashion, the same tiny figures, and the same homogenized plastic smile Picture Quote #1

I’ve found in the past that the more closely I identify with the heroine, the less completely she emerges as a person. So from the first novel I’ve been learning techniques to distance myself from the characters so that they are not me and I don’t try to protect them in ways that aren’t good for the story Picture Quote #1

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The beautiful heroine might be thinking, how long must I bury my face on this wretched man’s shoulder? Such is not the always the case, but quite often it is Picture Quote #1

We dream forever unless we awaken. We move from one dream to another, some beautiful, some we’re the hero or the heroine, some horrible, some nonsensical, some boring Picture Quote #1

I think one of the things that is easy to have happened in a superhero story is that the female character, whether she be a heroine or not, can often be the wart on the man Picture Quote #1

I can still love my heroine like I did when I was 26. I can still do the same action scenes Picture Quote #1

It’s so reassuring to have a woman heroine who triumphs with more than just what she has on the outside who has more to offer the world than just a pretty picture Picture Quote #1

I’ve always wanted to be an action heroine. That’s a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and kick ass Picture Quote #1

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A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine Picture Quote #1

Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day Picture Quote #1

I can’t imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him Picture Quote #1

If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard? Picture Quote #1

I turned the pages so fast. And I suppose I was, in my mindless way, looking for a something, version of myself, a heroine I could slip inside as one might a pair of favourite shoes Picture Quote #1

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You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It’s difficult, because there’s a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable. (Heroine Quotes) I’ve tried to be inclusive in my 2B’ series. Over the course of three books, I wrote African-American characters, a paraplegic character, gay and lesbian characters, a bisexual, Jewish heroine, a multiracial hero, Korean and Chinese-American characters, and a multiracial supporting character. (Heroine Quotes) Emma’ is my favorite Jane Austen novel - one of my favorite novels period; a novel about intelligence outsmarting itself, about a complicated, nuanced, irresistible heroine who does everything wrong. (Heroine Quotes) How it works for me is that a scene comes to mind, usually a scene between the hero and heroine, that depicts the emotional conflict. From that scene, the characters come alive for me. I don’t do a lot of preplanning in any way when I write. (Heroine Quotes) Thus, she had learned a romance book was fiction. A hero who truly cared for the heroine was called a fantasy. (Heroine Quotes) That first meeting - the one where the hero and heroine start the slow burn that takes the whole story to turn into true love - is the single most important part of the whole book. Nail it, and you’ve won yourself readers. (Heroine Quotes) It’s true that romance novels do detail the courtship phase of a relationship. We usually write ‘And they lived happily ever after’ before our heroine starts snoring or our hero starts tossing his socks over the hamper. (Heroine Quotes) People see their own lives as stories; a lifelong story with a single hero or heroine... much contemporary unhappiness is due to the fact that people in high tech societies receive neither strong myths and stories from their culture nor the ability to construct their own... they lose the plot (Heroine Quotes) Jessica felt like a heroine in a tragic, dramatic love story. She lifted her chin and turned away. It was all over (Heroine Quotes) It’s about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it (Heroine Quotes) My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them (Heroine Quotes) She was like a heroine in a novel that she herself was writing the character kept protesting that she was too strong for love and yet the narrator went on describing her desire (Heroine Quotes) Whoever heard of a midwife as a literary heroine? Yet midwifery is the very stuff of drama. Every child is conceived either in love or lust, is born in pain, followed by joy or sometimes remorse. A midwife is in the thick of it, she sees it all (Heroine Quotes) You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It’s difficult, because there’s a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable (Heroine Quotes) The romance genre is the only genre where readers are guaranteed novels that place the heroine at the heart of the story. These are books that celebrate women’s heroic virtues and values: courage, honor, determination and a belief in the healing power of love (Heroine Quotes) What makes a heroine? I think I can answer that. A heroine is a woman who risks going too far in order to find out how far one can go for a cause greater than herself (Heroine Quotes) I wanted to analyze how unnecessary it is to collapse a heroine into one specific mold, to give them all the same sparkly fashion, the same tiny figures, and the same homogenized plastic smile (Heroine Quotes) I’ve found in the past that the more closely I identify with the heroine, the less completely she emerges as a person. So from the first novel I’ve been learning techniques to distance myself from the characters so that they are not me and I don’t try to protect them in ways that aren’t good for the story (Heroine Quotes) The beautiful heroine might be thinking, how long must I bury my face on this wretched man’s shoulder? Such is not the always the case, but quite often it is (Heroine Quotes) We dream forever unless we awaken. We move from one dream to another, some beautiful, some we’re the hero or the heroine, some horrible, some nonsensical, some boring (Heroine Quotes) I think one of the things that is easy to have happened in a superhero story is that the female character, whether she be a heroine or not, can often be the wart on the man (Heroine Quotes) I can still love my heroine like I did when I was 26. I can still do the same action scenes (Heroine Quotes) It’s so reassuring to have a woman heroine who triumphs with more than just what she has on the outside who has more to offer the world than just a pretty picture (Heroine Quotes) I’ve always wanted to be an action heroine. That’s a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and kick ass (Heroine Quotes) A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine (Heroine Quotes) Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day (Heroine Quotes) I can’t imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with him (Heroine Quotes) If the heroine of one novel be not patronized by the heroine of another, from whom can she expect protection and regard? (Heroine Quotes) I turned the pages so fast. And I suppose I was, in my mindless way, looking for a something, version of myself, a heroine I could slip inside as one might a pair of favourite shoes (Heroine Quotes)

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