Quotes about lady
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“Don't make me have to chase after you again, because there's no way in hell you can get away from me, lady.”

Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019) American writer

Source: A Heart So Wild

“No real lady would let a dress that might have been worn by a stranger touch her skin.”

Source: Clockwork Angel

“If you must know, I-I had never in my life kissed a young lady, and you are far too beautiful to me to want to get it wrong!”

Diana Wynne Jones book Castle in the Air

Source: Castle in the Air

Life, Beauty, Kiss

“A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.”

Elizabeth Peters The Hippopotamus Pool

Source: The Hippopotamus Pool

“Men sometimes have to leave their ladies alone, and ladies are not responsible for the bad manners of fools.”

Charlaine Harris book Club Dead

Source: Club Dead

Men, Fools

“Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.”

Milan Kundera book Laughable Loves

Source: Laughable Loves

Life, Sadness

“He was transfixed at the sight of the lords and ladies of his realm running about like demented chickens.”

Jonathan Stroud book The Amulet of Samarkand

Source: The Amulet of Samarkand

“Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

Clothes

“Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me.”

Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

Men, Smile, Time

“Ladies' hearts are like china on a mantelpiece. There are so many of them, and it is so easy to break them without noticing.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale

Heart

“I pray. I go to mass. I even remember to respect my elders and help little old ladies across the street. What the hell did I do to deserve this?”

Lora Leigh (1965) American writer

Source: Wild Card

Hell, Help

“Careful with the accusations of insanity, oh my lady whose home is a tower with windows of brick, all for the sake of some skinny-ankled, laugh-prone boy of a khan.”

Shannon Hale book Book of a Thousand Days

Source: Book of a Thousand Days

Home, Boy

“I will add that I do not believe his admiration of my person, dazzling through I am, to be sincere. He told me I was a beautiful, sparkling lady.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: The Midnight Heir

Beauty, Personality, Sincerity

“Of course it doesn't make sense." Lady Wendall said. "The rules of society rarely do.”

Patricia C. Wrede (1953) author

Source: Magician's Ward

Sense

“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.”

Warren Ellis (1968) English comics and fiction writer

Madness

“It was sometimes inconvenient to have the gold-green, slit-pupilled eyes of a cat, but this was usually easily hidden with a small glamour, and if not, well, there were quite a few ladies-and men-who didn't find it a drawback.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: What Really Happened in Peru

Men, Cats

“There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do. They can't sit over their wine; they can't play at wist; and they can't pay a lady a compliment.”

Wilkie Collins book The Woman in White

Source: The Woman in White

Men, Wine

“Young lady," Silk said urbanely, "I think you'd be amazed at how little Polgara's concerned about who you are."
"Polgara?" Ce'Nedra faltered. "Polgara? I thought you said that she was your sister."
"I lied," Silk confessed. "It's a vice a have.”

David Eddings book Queen of Sorcery

Source: Queen of Sorcery

Thinking, Sister

“She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.”

Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

Men

“Note to self: If you’re trying not to have kids, don’t marry a lady who is the Titan of motherhood.”

Rick Riordan (1964) American writer

Source: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

“If you don't mind a word of advice, one never asks a lady to set her own price. If you have to ask, the answer will always be more than you can afford.”

Eloisa James (1962) American academic

Source: A Kiss at Midnight

“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book (Lady Chatterley, for instance), or you take a trip, or you talk with Richard, and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating. The symptoms of hibernating are easily detectable: first, restlessness. The second symptom (when hibernating becomes dangerous and might degenerate into death): absence of pleasure. That is all. It appears like an innocuous illness. Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this (or die like this) without knowing it. They work in offices. They drive a car. They picnic with their families. They raise children. And then some shock treatment takes place, a person, a book, a song, and it awakens them and saves them from death.”

Anaïs Nin book The Diary of Anaïs Nin

The Diary of Anaïs Nin , Volume One 1931-1934
Diary entries (1914 - 1974)

Death, Children, Pleasure, Books

“A charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld,—
The lady dare not lift her veil
For fear it be dispelled.

But peers beyond her mesh,
And wishes, and denies,—
Lest interview annul a want
That image satisfies.”

Emily Dickinson book The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

Source: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

Fear

“… it will always remain my private persuasion that Nature was absorbed in making cabbages when Mrs. Vesey was born, and that the good lady suffered the consequences of a vegetable preoccupation in the mind of the Mother of us all.”

Wilkie Collins book The Woman in White

Source: The Woman in White

Nature, Suffering

“I warn't never meant to be a lady, I know that now. I got streaks of wildness in me that trip me up every time, and just like streaks in clothes, there's some dirt that just won't wash out.”

L.A. Meyer (1942–2014) American writer

Source: Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady

Time, Clothes

“The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. And she’s always on a diet. Sometimes, my dad calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear him.”

Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Sadness, Beauty, Moms

“There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.”

Agatha Christie Murder at the Vicarage

Source: Murder at the Vicarage

Age, Time

“This won't look so good in my obituary," Schaffer said dolefully. There was a perceptible edge of strain under the lightly-spoken words."Gave his life for his country in a ladies' lavatory in Upper Bavaria.”

Alistair MacLean book Where Eagles Dare

Source: Where Eagles Dare

Life, Country

“Gentle lady, do not sing
Sad songs about the end of love;
Lay aside sadness and sing
How love that passes is enough.

Sing about the long deep sleep
Of lovers that are dead, and how
In the grave all love shall sleep:
Love is aweary now.”

James Joyce book Chamber Music

Source: Chamber Music

Love, Sadness, Lovers, Sleep

“I sold flowers. I didn't sell myself. Now you've made a lady of me I'm not fit to sell anything else.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

Source: Pygmalion

Flowers

“My money's on the lady," he drawled. "You don't tame a vixen, you just travel in her wake.”

Lora Leigh (1965) American writer

Source: Hidden Agendas

Money, Travel

“Have you ever known me to be rude to a lady?" "I have seen you be intentionally rude to a woman. I have never seen you be rude to a lady.”

Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land

Source: Stranger in a Strange Land

“You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it.”

Libba Bray book The Sweet Far Thing

Source: The Sweet Far Thing

People, Success

“And I kissed away a thousand tears
My lady of the Various Sorrows
Some begged, some borrowed, some stolen
Some kept safe for tomorrow.”

Nick Cave (1957) Australian musician

Kiss, Tear

“Are you suggesting that the gods have trouble acting together, young lady?" Dionysus asked.

Yes, Lord Dionysus."

Mr. D nodded. "Just checking. You're right, of course. Carry on.”

Rick Riordan book The Titan's Curse

Source: The Titan's Curse

God

“Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady.”

Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician

“That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.”

Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

Time

“Have you ever heard of the expression, ladies first"
"Yes"
"Well, it's truer in bed than it is anywhere else.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Born of Fire

“Men are easy,' he said, fingers tapping on his mahogany desk. 'A man's plumbing is like his mind: simple, very few surprises. You ladies, on the other hand… well, God put a lot of thought into making you.”

Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner

Source: The Kite Runner

Men, God

“Don't mess with me, lady. I've been drinking with skeletons.”

Mike Mignola (1960) Comic creator

Drink

“A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.”

Jane Austen book Persuasion

Source: Persuasion (1817)

World, Family

“Is that vodka?" Margarita asked weakly.
The cat jumped up in his seat with indignation.
"I beg pardon, my queen," he rasped, "Would I ever allow myself to offer vodka to a lady? This is pure alcohol!”

Mikhail Bulgakov book The Master and Margarita

Source: The Master and Margarita

Alcohol, Cats

“You aren’t old enough to have such regrets.”
“Pain doesn’t respect age, my lady.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Styxx

Pain, Age

“I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady."
Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.”

Scott Westerfeld book Touching Darkness

Source: Touching Darkness

School, Smile, Tea

“Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!"

An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady.”

Margaret Mitchell book Vom Winde verweht (1937 German edition)

Source: Gone with the Wind

“Excuse me? You're a lady?"
"I bought a title on the Internet. I own one square inch of Scotland. And you're changing the subject.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Ghost Town

Change

“I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here. Scout, you'll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, don't you?'

I said not particularly.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

Scouting

“Simon kept pace beside Clary for a few moments without speaking before he said, “So what did I miss? Naked dancing ladies?”
Clary thought of the male faerie‘s torn-open ribs and shuddered. “Nothing that pleasant.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Dance

“See, lady, that's what happens to snow in Texas. It- freaking- melts.”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: Thats what happens to Snow in Texas, lady. It freaking MELTS!!" Leo Valdez- The Lost Hero

“BELLADONNA, n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.”

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Beauty

“Lady Madelyne had sealed her own fate. She'd warmed his feet.”

Julie Garwood (1946) American writer

Source: Honor's Splendour

Fate

“You know, I've walked this earth for over eleven thousand years, my lady. I have seen things in my life that are unimaginable to you, and you ask me if I doubt you? Lady, I doubt the very air you breathe. (Acheron)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon book Night Pleasures

Source: Night Pleasures

Life

“The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

Source: Pygmalion & My Fair Lady

Girl, Flowers

“Your memory is your first and best weapon, ladies. Learn to use it.”

Ally Carter Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

Source: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

Learning, Memory

“Hold back the edges of your gown, Ladies, we are going through hell.”

William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) American poet

Hell

“faint heart never won fair lady”

Meg Cabot (1967) Novelist

Source: Princess in Love

Heart

“Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on… none of you are safe.”

Frank Miller book Batman: Year One

Source: Batman: Year One

Wealth

“Well?"
"Well, what?"
"Damn it, Nathan, tell me what you think."
"About what?"
"Lady Sara," Colin persisted. "What do you think of her?"
"The truth, Colin?"
His friend gave a quick nod.
Nathan's smile was slow, easy. "She'll fit through the window.”

Julie Garwood (1946) American writer

Source: The Gift

Truth, Smile, Thinking

“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”

Jane Austen book Northanger Abbey

Source: Northanger Abbey

“Now, young lady, I suppose you're here for a work assignment."
Work?" Tally said.
They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter.”

Scott Westerfeld book Uglies

Source: Uglies

Laughter

“No young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman's love is declared, it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentleman before the gentleman is first known to have dreamt of her.”

Jane Austen (1775–1817) English novelist

Love, Dreams

“Come and take your seat, Lady Dorina.”

Karen Chance American writer

Source: Fury's Kiss

“I'm of the glamorous ladies
At whose beckoning history shook.
But you are a man, and see only my pan,
So I stay at home with a book.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

Source: The Portable Dorothy Parker

Books, Home, History

“…women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she wasn't, and we all know what the latter meant. Not even momentary lapses were allowed; there is no female equivalent of the boys-will-be-boys concept.”

Judith Martin (1938) American etiquette expert

Source: Common Courtesy: In Which Miss Manners Solves the Problem That Baffled Mr. Jefferson

Women, Boy

“Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies I ever met.”

William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer

“"Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
"At least you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
"Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting."”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Jace and Madame Dorothea, pg. 345
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)

Love

“You’re that lady,” Leo said. “The one who was named after Caribbean music.”
Her eyes glinted murderously. “Caribbean music.”
“Yeah. Reggae?” Leo shook his head. “Merengue? Hold on, I’ll get it.”
He snapped his fingers. “Calypso!”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

Music

“He had this old southern idea of what a lady should be. A lady should not carry a gun and spend most of her time covered in blood and corpses. I had two words for that attitude.
Yeah, those are the words.”

Laurell K. Hamilton (1963) Novelist

Idea, Time

“There was a young lady named Mae
Who smoked without stopping all day;
As pack followed pack,
Her lungs first turned black,
And eventually rotted away.”

Edward Gorey (1925–2000) American writer, artist, and illustrator

Source: Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer

“Childhood romances always seem so real, so enduring, when we are separated from the object of our affection. But usually, when we return, we find that our dreams and memories quiet surpassed reality.

-Lady Anne, Whitney's aunt”

Judith McNaught book Whitney, My Love

Source: Whitney, My Love

Dreams, Reality, Memory, Childhood

“A man's plumbing is like his mind: simple, very few surprises. You ladies, on the other hand… well, God put a lot of thought in making you.”

Khaled Hosseini (1965) novelist

God

“Old lady judges watch people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesn't talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phony.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

Money, People, Sex

“A lady should never feel anxious about her behavior. The status is bred in the bone. To show anxiety is to lower oneself. Anxiety is.”

Eloisa James (1962) American academic

Source: A Kiss at Midnight

Behavior, Feeling

“You are a lucky lady to be marrying a man who can fix things. Most husbands just break things.”

Alexander McCall Smith book Morality for Beautiful Girls

Source: Morality for Beautiful Girls

“Everyone knows ladies love Cajuns. It's in our blood and our language is the language of romance."
"Your language is the language of bullshit. You're just a couple of good ole boys with pretty faces. Women just ought to know better.”

Christine Feehan book Night Game

Source: Night Game

Love, Women, Boy

“Perhaps I am the only person who, asked whether she were a witch or not, could truthfully say, "I do not know. I do know some very strange things have happened to me, or through me."

Lady Alice Rowhedge”

Norah Lofts (1904–1983) British writer

Source: Bless This House

Personality

“In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.”

Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

World

“At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.”

Agatha Christie book Murder on the Orient Express

Source: Murder on the Orient Express

“Ship, lady. This here’s a ship,” he said defensively, as if she’d told him, “Your penis: I find it minuscule.”

Kresley Cole American writer

Source: Pleasure of a Dark Prince

“Now isn't that nice!' said the old lady. 'If cousins are the right kind, they're best of all: kinder than sisters and brothers, and closer than friends.”

Elizabeth Enright book Gone-Away Lake

Source: Gone-Away Lake

Sister

“A true lady should have the wit and the imagination, or at least the very restraint, to express herself without resorting herself to such base vocabulary.”

Ari Marmell (1974) D&D game writer

Source: Thief's Covenant

Imagination

“And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks”

Tom Robbins Skinny Legs and All

Source: Skinny Legs and All

Life, Death, World, Music

“Defeat I can endure with cheerfulness, my lady. But betrayal is like taking the wind from my sails, or the earth from beneath my feet. It chills my spirits like a rainy day, and all I can do is draw the curtains and cry into my pillow.”

Margaret George (1943) American writer

Source: Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles

Betrayal, Drawing, Cry

“Them lady poets must not marry, pal.”

John Berryman book The Dream Songs

Source: The Dream Songs

“Can we please focus? We are supposed to be professionals." Holly said.

"Not me!" said Orion cheerily, "I'm just a Teenager with hormones running wild and may I say, young fairy lady, they're running wild in your direction.”

Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books

Source: The Atlantis Complex

“A pretty sight, a lady with a book.”

Shirley Jackson book We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Source: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Books

“Rose? Is that you?" I peered behind him. Lissa. "What are you doing here?"
"What are you doing here?" She asked
"Ladies, ladies" he said teasingly. "No need to fight over me."
I glared. "We're not.”

Richelle Mead book Frostbite

Source: Frostbite

Fight

“Lady, I was gonna cut you some slack, 'cause you're a major mythological figure… but now you've just gone nuts!”

Mike Mignola (1960) Comic creator

Source: Hellboy, Vol. 2: Wake the Devil

“I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat me as a lady, and always will.”

George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion

Source: Pygmalion

Girl, Flowers

“Not true,” said Adrian. “All guys mean the same thing when they want to ‘get to know a girl better.’ You’re a wellbred young lady, so I understand why you’d be too innocent to understand. Good thing you’ve got me here to interpret.”

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Source: Bloodlines

Guy, Girl, Understanding

“You know how the bonds of family are, my lady… They cling as tightly as vines. And sometimes, like vines, they cling tightly enough to kill.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Family

“I'm not going to act the lady among you, for fear I should starve.”

Emily Brontë book Wuthering Heights

Source: Wuthering Heights

Fear

“I find it ridiculous to assign a gender to an inanimate object incapable of disrobing and making an occasional fool of itself. Why refer to lady crack pipe or good sir dishrag when these things could never live up to all that their sex implied?”

David Sedaris book Me Talk Pretty One Day

Source: Me Talk Pretty One Day

Fools, Sex

“With his eyes and those hands there won't be a woman safe in all the world when he starts hunting after the ladies.'
'Courting, dear,' my father corrected gently.
'Semantics,' she shrugged.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind

World

“I always sang at temple growing up. I got a good reaction from Mrs. Goldberg and Mrs. Rosenbaum and the other old ladies.”

Mandy Patinkin (1952) American actor and tenor singer

Oregon Daily Emerald, "Mandy Patinkin to show his many faces at Hult" http://www.dailyemerald.com/archive/v100/3/990423/mandy.html

“Don't blame me, Pongo,' said Lord Ickenham, 'if Lady Constance takes her lorgnette to you. God bless my soul, though, you can't compare the lorgnettes of to-day with the ones I used to know as a boy. I remember walking one day in Grosvenor Square with my aunt Brenda and her pug dog Jabberwocky, and a policeman came up and said the latter ought to be wearing a muzzle. My aunt made no verbal reply. She merely whipped her lorgnette from its holster and looked at the man, who gave one choking gasp and fell back against the railings, without a mark on him but with an awful look of horror in his staring eyes, as if he had seen some dreadful sight. A doctor was sent for, and they managed to bring him round, but he was never the same again. He had to leave the Force, and eventually drifted into the grocery business. And that is how Sir Thomas Lipton got his start.”

P.G. Wodehouse book Uncle Fred in the Springtime

Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)

God, Dogs, Soul, Boy

“It was like the Beatles had arrived, you know. These four elderly ladies, and they were screaming for us-screaming for us. It was wonderful.”

Bea Arthur (1922–2009) actress, singer, comedian

Interview, TV Legends, August 6, 2005

“The old lady knelt, saying her 'Hail Mary'; She didn't believe — but among Catholics even the sceptical are courteous.”

Graham Greene book The Lawless Roads

The Lawless Roads (1939)

“"Everyone is bisexual’: “I’ve always had as many powerful, creative ladies in my life as I have men, and you could probably describe some of those relationships as romantic. I think everyone’s bisexual to some degree or another; it’s just a question of whether or not you choose to recognise it and embrace it. Personally, I think choosing between men and women is like choosing between cake and ice cream. You’d be daft not to try both when there are so many different flavours.””

Björk (1965) Icelandic singer-songwriter

Diva magazine, October 2004
Other quotes

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