“She stood slim and proud as some medieval witch princess against dawn.”
L.J. Smith (1965) American author
Source: The Passion
Source: Beauty Sleep: A Retelling of Sleeping Beauty
“She stood slim and proud as some medieval witch princess against dawn.”
L.J. Smith (1965) American author
Source: The Passion
Lois Duncan (1934–2016) American young-adult and children's writer
On her favorite literature as a child, quoted in The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies (1997), p. 110
1990–2002
“Well maybe the princess shouldn't be a damsel and she could save herself.”
Anita Sarkeesian (1983) American blogger
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 2014)
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Bad (1987)
Cyrus H. Gordon (1908–2001) American linguist
Footnote: Some scholars, however, now interpret his [David's] name as meaning "victory."
Ch.VIII Further Observations on the Bible
The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965 [1962])
Context: Like Helen, Sarah is wonderously fair and ageless.... Like Helen, Sarah's name means "princess" in normal Hebrew, and "queen" in Akkadian. It is conceivable that (like David afterwards, whose name dāvîd means "leader, chief") her title came to be used as her name.
Joyce Taylor (1932) American actress
Taylorville Native Joyce Taylor Sees Hollywood Dream Come True https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8230660/the-decatur-daily-review/ (25 June 1961)