Damsel In Distress Quotes

“It [Ashfair House] was an old fashioned house—the sort of house in fact, as Strange expressed it, which a lady in a novel might like to be persecuted in.”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day!”
― Walt Disney Company

“These days when you kiss a prince you often run the risk of turning him into a frog. But don't let the ogres in shining armor get you down. There is no need for distress - you don't want to be anyone's damsel anyway. Simply remind yourself that you are busy racking up those 'frequent failure points' that will eventually pay for an all expenses paid trip to Mr Right.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“A damsel in complete distress was a burden to her protectors; one familiar with self defence, not as much.”
― Grace Draven, Eidolon

“You’re not a very pleasant damsel in distress,” Park remarked.

“And you’re a shitty Lassie. Timmy never had to wait this long when he fell down a well.”
― Charlie Adhara, The Wolf at the Door

“Raise your daughter so she is not a damsel in distress. Raise her so she can be the one saving herself. - Raising A Strong Daughter: What Fathers Should Know by Finlay Gow JD and Kailin Gow MA”
― Kailin Gow

“I had rescued myself entirely.”
― Betsy Cornwell, Mechanica

“You don't get it. They gave me beauty and song, and then I was left in the woods to grow up for sixteen years before being handed over to you. I don't know anything about ruling. I don't even really know what taxes are. I was in the woods in the real world. In the dreamworld, I hid like a mouse and then organized balls and parties.”
― Liz Braswell, Once Upon a Dream

“Correct me if I'm wrong," said the bat, "but would the main ingredient of water soup be water?”
― Vivian French, The Robe of Skulls

“On the whole, she reflected with a loopy clarity while pain clanged back and forth in her head and the guard held her upright, she liked being rescued. It was better than not being rescued. Definitely.”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, The Mirror of Her Dreams

“One cowboy is never enough.”
― Vanessa Vale, Their Kidnapped Bride

“Or as Gabe had done, to rescue your betrothed from some evil force. That appealed to him. But he'd yet to find a damsel in distress, oppressed by evil and in need of rescue.”
― Melanie Dickerson, The Captive Maiden

“I gave in to the weight around me. I’d become the Lady of the Lake without Excalibur, the damsel in distress without the prince to save her, Dorothy without her slippers or Alice without her “drink me” potion. Fantastic dreams weaved into amazing tales of triumph over obstacles. I was not triumphant over anything. I was a coward.”
― Brynn Myers, Falling Out of Focus

“What made a girl a damsel in distress? Were they not allowed claws? Mosca had a hunch that if all damsels had claws, they would spend a lot less time in distress.”
― Frances Hardinge, Fly Trap

“I am not a Damsel In Distress who needs a Prince Charming. I am more of Rani Laxmi Bai who rides a Sturdy Horse.”
― Nikita Dudani

“For a year she had prayed that Geoffrey might be given back to her, and the Gods had heard her prayer. They had given her back Geoffrey, and with a careless generosity they had given her twice as much of him as she had expected.”
― P. G. Wodehouse

“Percy felt for his complaisant friend something of the annoyance which a householder feels for the watchdog whom he finds fraternizing with the burglar.”
― P. G. Wodehouse

“Such a one, in George's opinion, was this gurgling excrescence underneath the silk hat. He comprised in his single person practically all the qualities which George disliked most. He was, for a young man, extraordinarily obese. Already a second edition of his chin had been published, and the perfectly-cut morning coat which encased his upper section bulged out in an opulent semi-circle. He wore a little moustache, which to George's prejudiced eye seemed more a complaint than a moustache.”
― P. G. Wodehouse

“The hatred which some of his order feel for Socialists and Demagogues Lord Marshmoreton kept for roseslugs, rose-beetles and the small, yellowish-white insect which is so depraved and sinister a character that it goes through life with an alias—being sometimes called a rose-hopper and sometimes a thrips. A simple soul, Lord Marshmoreton—mild and pleasant. Yet put him among the thrips, and he became a dealer-out of death and slaughter, a destroyer in the class of Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan. Thrips feed on the underside of rose leaves, sucking their juice and causing them to turn yellow; and Lord Marshmoreton's views on these things were so rigid that he would have poured whale-oil solution on his grandmother if he had found her on the underside of one of his rose leaves sucking its juice.”
― P. G. Wodehouse

“Achilles," I said.

HIs eyes opened, and he was beside me before I could speak again.

"Are you all right?"

...

The skins whispered against each other as they parted for him, then slipped shut again.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“Perhaps honourable men who rescued damsels in distress because of their chivalry and not a prospect of the said damsel's good graces still existed in this world.”
― E.G. Sparks, Sky Ice

“Then Beverley Brook stepped onto the footplate and pointed a shotgun straight at the Queen’s head – I recognised the Purdey from my trunk. It was nice to see it getting an airing.
Beverley herself was wearing an oversized leather jerkin and jeans. Her dreads had been tied into a plait down her back and a pair of antique leather and brass goggles were pushed up onto her brow.
‘Put your hands on your head,’ she said, ‘and step away from the boyfriend.’
The Queen hissed and gripped the rope harder.”
― Aaronovitch Ben

“I mean, what is the point of being a damsel in distress if your knight goes off and just does his own thing?”
― Angie Sage, Frognapped

“Knights who go charging after fire-breathing dragons out of some sense of duty to protect their fair maidens die in vain.”
― Hideyuki Kikuchi, A Wind Named Amnesia / Invader Summer

“It's not every girl who gets rescued from prison by the dashing Son of Zorro”
― Mary Miley, Silent Murders

“Why do you think it's so popular? The missing-woman story?"
"Because who can resist a damsel in distress?”
― Samantha Downing, My Lovely Wife

“She was plainly not prone to sentimental outbursts; one impeccable tear tracked a charming trail down her cheek, and she glanced away. Flustered, she battled to stabilize her breathing and regain control, and he heaved a resigned sigh.
The ice around his heart began to melt. Incapable of sustaining his upset, he swiped his hand across her silky skin, capturing the warm moisture on his thumb, then he stuck it in his mouth and sucked at the salty drop. She was out of her league in this residence and with these people; a lamb led to the slaughter.”
― Cheryl Holt, Total Surrender

“Do it,” Don Marco snapped again. “Take her now. She won’t be able to put up any struggle, and as soon as you do, we can deal with the marriage paperwork. She never has to leave this room until we’re ready to send her to the whorehouse where she belongs.”

Excerpt From: Raven Blaire. “Unclaimed Princess And 4 Mafia Gods: An Age-Gap Enemies to Lovers Reverse Harem Romance.” Apple Books.”
― Raven Blaire, Unclaimed Princess and 4 Mafia Gods

“Stop trying to save me when I can save my own damn self! For once!”
― Candace Robinson, Ozma

“I want her to grow up knowing that a person can be both sweet and tough, fragile and strong… and just because a girl’s in distress doesn’t mean she’s a damsel in distress. It’s ok to need help. It’s ok to break down and have to be rescued. In fact, sometimes asking for help is the bravest thing we can possibly do.”
― Candice Jarrett, Mortal Tether