“And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.”
Bible
“What innocence, may I ask, is being played here when it is known that this virtuous damsel has already got a dozen illegitimate children?”
Nikita Khrushchev
“Fairy damsels met in forest wide / By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, / Lancelot or Pelleas, or Pellenore.”
John Milton
“I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.”
Kirsten Dunst
“The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; amongst them were the damsels playing with tumbrels.”
“And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.”
“We view this as a fairy tale ... a story about damsels who have to fight off the dragons in their lives.”
Chris Willard
