heroine

Curiosity was getting the better of me.

A bullet is worth a thousand threats. And I shot two.

A glad zest and hopefulness might be inspired even in the most jaded and ennui-cursed, were there in our homes such simple, truthful natures as that of my heroine, and it is in the sphere of quiet homes__ot elsewhere__ believe that a woman can best rule and save the world.

Imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you.

Ah'm thinking about shoutin 'stop' but ah could never turn away at this point. If smack is as addictive as they say, then ah'm already aw the junky ah'm ever gaunny be.

There's always enough retribution to be dealt.

Turn the page, your heroine is still there, breathe, relax, life is beautiful: you're in a book!

As Evelyn slid to a stop in the center of the hallway, Butler calmly shook his head. Then he lifted his machine gun and fired.

I mean it, it__ another gap in your education. Until you can learn to understand her, you__l get nowhere as a detective. She__ everybody__ conscience, Bob__he universal maiden aunt, cousin or sister. Humanity__ backbone. Throughout history, she__ gone to the stake for you again and again; not with any sense of heroism, but as a matter of principle and because it would never occur to her to do anything else.

The old, defiant chant rose in her mind: If I want, I will learn. If I want, I will fight. If I want, I will live. And I want. And I will. This was going to be fun.

The stars beckoned. And she had to go.

People who love do the impossible all the time.

The heroine might be unsure. And the reader. But I don__ think the author should be.

From the moment I__e met you, I__e tried to play the hero in your story. But the closer I get to you, the more I realize that you don__ need one.

Wanderess, Wanderess, weave us a story of seduction and ruse. Heroic be the Wanderess, the world be her muse.

They are soldiers. They depend upon routine, and anything out of the ordinary will give them pause. And they are men. They hate to be insulted, but they love to hear others mocked. And they are fools, because they cannot imagine that a woman alone in the woods would be a threat.

One of the most dangerous of literary ventures is the little, shy, unimportant heroine whom none of the other characters value. The danger is that your readers may agree with the other characters.

We are not always shaped by our parents, Cas. We're shaped by our choices.