{"quotes":[{"text":"She seemed like the kind of woman who would fall in love with the sky.","author":"Nenia Campbell","tags":["falling-in-love","falling-in-love","fantasy","heroines","love","love","loving","romance","romantic","romanticism"],"id":13130,"author_id":"Nenia+Campbell"},{"text":"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.","author":"J.M. Richards","tags":["amazing-writing","comic-books","geek-girl","geek-love","hero","heroines","hot-scene","romance","romantic","romantic"],"id":15542,"author_id":"J.M.+Richards"},{"text":"A hero: a man or woman who is unsatisfied by his condition, and resolves to do something about it.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["all-is-yours","create-your-future","create-your-life","create-your-reality","create-your-world","hero","hero","hero-worship","heroes","heroic-imagination","heroic-women","heroine","heroine","heroines","positive","positive-attitude","positive-mindset","positive-motivation","positive-outlook","positive","positive-thinking","positive-thinking","positive-thought","positive-thoughts","you-are-a-god","you-are-great","you-are-powerful","you-are-the-universe","you-create-things-by-your-mouth"],"id":28975,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"To quote French author Francois Mauriac, 'Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who your are' is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.","author":"Sarah Wendell","tags":["heroes","heroines","reading","romance"],"id":37996,"author_id":"Sarah+Wendell"},{"text":"My body shook from pain, exhaustion, and the beginning of shock. I'd pay for all the powers I'd used, but the portal most of all. Good girls weren't supposed to open hell dimensions.","author":"Lola Dodge","tags":["heroines","novella","paranormal","romance","samhain","super-heroes"],"id":84136,"author_id":"Lola+Dodge"},{"text":"Did you know you could destroy dragons? Dragons are not actually real, they just roar to scare you away from your goals. In fact they are afraid of determined heroes, they take flight at their approach.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["achieve","achieve-your-dreams","achievement","achievement-and-attitude","achievement","achievements","achievements-success","achiever","achievers","all-is-yours","bangambiki-habyarimana","believe-in-yourself","believe-in-yourself","create-your-future","create-your-life","create-your-reality","create-your-world","dragon","dragon-slayers","dragons","focus","focus-on-success","focus-on-the-prize-ahead","focus-on-your-dreams","focus-on-your-life","focused","focusing","goal-setting","goals","goals-and-dreams","goals-and-plans","goals-in-life","goals","hero","heroes","heroines","heroism","inspirational","inspirational-attitude","inspirational-life","inspirational-living","inspirational","inspirational","inspire","inspired","inspired-life","inspired-living","inspired-mind","inspired","inspired-soul","life-energy","motivate","motivate-myself","motivate-yourself","motivated","motivation","motivational","motivational-enlightenment","motivational","motivational","positive","positive-attitude","positive-mindset","positive-motivation","positive-outlook","positive","positive-thinking","positive-thinking","positive-thought","positive-thoughts","succeed","succeeded","succeeding","succeeding-in-life","succeeds","success","success","success","success-strategies","successful-living","successful-people","the-great-pearl-of-wisdom","win","winners","winners-and-losers","winners-mentality","winning","winning-and-losing","winning-attitude","winning-from-with-in","winning-from-within","winning-goal","winning-in-life","winning-mentality","winning-the-game","words-of-revelation","words-of-wisdom","words-of-wisdom-inspirational","words-to-inspire-you","words-to-live-by","words-to-ponder","you-are-a-god","you-are-great","you-are-powerful","you-are-the-universe","you-create-things-by-your-mouth"],"id":106199,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"We like the wrong sorts of girls, they wrote. They are usually the ones worth writing about.","author":"Catherynne M. Valente","tags":["girlfriend","girls","heroine","heroines","woman","women"],"id":134928,"author_id":"Catherynne+M.+Valente"},{"text":"Romance novels feature nuanced portrayals of female characters having adventures, making choices, and accepting themselves just as they are. When we say these stories are silly and unrealistic, we are telling young girls not to expect to be the heroines in their own real lives.","author":"Maya Rodale","tags":["acceptance","empowerment","heroines","women","women-s-rights"],"id":166664,"author_id":"Maya+Rodale"},{"text":"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—not elsewhere—I believe that a woman can best rule and save the world.","author":"T.C. Boyle","tags":["heroine","heroine","heroines","inspirational","sweet","truth","women","women-s-inspirational"],"id":204082,"author_id":"T.C.+Boyle"},{"text":"If you read fairy tales carefully, you’ll notice they are mostly about people who aren’t heroes. They don’t have special powers, or gifts. Often they are despised as stupid, They are bullied, beaten up, robbed, starved. But they find they are stronger than their misfortunes.","author":"Amanda Craig","tags":["bravery","fairytales","folklore","heroes","heroines","ordinary","special","stories","tales"],"id":255464,"author_id":"Amanda+Craig"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}