#heroin

A YA heroine does not have to pick up a weapon nor wear men's clothing to be equal to her male counterparts. ↗

— Celine Kiernan

#ya-heroines #equality

‎YA heroines can choose to have sex & they can choose not to without either decision becoming the focus of their story. ↗

— Celine Kiernan

#ya-heroines #equality

One minute she was just this woman I worked with, the next, she was this woman I couldn't go an hour without seeing. ↗

— Dominique Eastwick

#curvy-heroine #romance #rubenesque #strong-heroine #family

It was what she imagined doing heroin would be like: terrible for you but impossible to resist. ↗

— Libby Schmais

#imagination #imagination

The magnificent thing about her [Amelia Earhart] is, in the eyes of the world, she simply never died. Her fear never witnessed, her failure never recorded, her shiny twin-engine Electra never recovered. Earhart's legacy of inspiration is amplified because her adventure is perpetual. We don't think of her as dead; we think of her as missing. She is forever flying, somewhere beyond Lae, over that limitless blue horizon. ↗

— Josh Gates

#heroine #legends #inspirational

MARK ARM : Even if I did talk to [Layne Staley], I don’t know what I would have said. Seeing him so far down the line on this trajectory that he had set for himself made me queasy. It seemed to me like once he discovered heroin, he decided he was going to fully embrace it. Based on the songs on Dirt, he just jumped in. There was no turning back. It was unfortunate and pathetic. That was the myth he made for himself, and he was living it out. ↗

— Greg Prato

#heroin #music

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

— Francine Pascal

#heroine #sweet-valley #love

He pinned me in place with a direct look, his dark brown eyes smoldering. “You’re Mary Jane,” he said finally. “And you have all these Flash Thompsons and Harry Osborns hovering around you, trying to make a move. Because...you’re basically amazing. ↗

— J.M. Richards

#comic-books #geek-girl #geek-love #hero #heroines

I wouldn’t joke if you weren’t always patching me up,” Davin retorted. He looked at Chad again. “You must have noticed, right? It’s kind of cute, actually.” Though my heart fluttered, I tried to shoot him a warning glare. He ignored me. “I like to call her Doctor Fisher. ↗

— J.M. Richards

#anna #anna-and-davin #chad-s-a-jerk #davin #doctor-fisher

It seemed to me that Mr. Forrester would approve of a woman who could follow him in conversation and not be baffled by ledgers and currency conversions. I had grossly overestimated him. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#family-saga #gothic-romance #historical-fiction #strong-heroine #suspense