These are great quotes from strong young women in literature. They are filled with wisdom and inspiration:

Here are the quotes from strong young women in literature transcribed and credited:

“I wasn’t playing. And I don’t want to be a Lady.”
-Arya Stark from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

“Books! And cleverness! There are more important things – friendship and bravery.”
-Hermione Granger from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

“I think – I don’t know – but I think I could be brave enough.”
-Lucy Pevensie from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
-Alice from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

“Romance and detective work won’t mix tonight!”
-Nancy Drew from The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene

“I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.”
-Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

“You cannot change what you are, only what you do.”
-Lyra Belacqua from The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

“It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time when no one knows it.”
-Sara Crewe from A Little Princess by Hodgson Burnett

“I do face facts. They’re lots easier to face than people, I can tell you.”
-Meg Murry from A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

“I can’t cheer up – I don’t want to cheer up. It’s nicer to be miserable!”
-Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.”
-Jean Louise “Scout” Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Source: 11 Lessons We’ve Learned From Young Heroines in Literature

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