Citations:Princess Leia

English citations of Princess Leia

Proper noun: a character of Star Wars

• 1999, Simon Reynolds, Generation Ecstasy, Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 301

  Girls have the Bjork-meets-Princess-Leia space-pixie look of futuristic innocence

• 2000, Ariel Gore, The Mother Trip, Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 54

  I envisioned a large, elegant Latina woman with Princess Leia braids.

• 2001, Abby Bardi, The Book of Fred, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 169

  He goes out and buys her a Princess Leia Pez dispenser and brings it to her

• 2003, Noelle Howey, Dress Codes, Of Three Girlhoods—My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 53

  I spent hours paging back and forth between the goddesses, studying their golden hair, their simple togas so much like the Princess Leia costume I constructed out of an old sheet and a certain pull.

• 2004, Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel, A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, HarperCollins, →ISBN, pages 3-4

  her long black hair was coiled into two Princess Leia cinnabuns on either side of her Santa hat.

• 2005, Meg Cabot, Princess in Pink, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 235

  she has already unplugged my computer because she didn't like my Princess Leia screensaver "staring" at her.

• 2006, Katie Hnida, Still Kicking, My Journey as the First Woman to Play Division I College Football, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 239

  When my period came, I’d often wear my hair up in two buns. Some of the guys jokingly called them my “devil horns” or my “Princess Leia” look.

• 2006, Nick Adams, Making Friends With Black People, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 60

  I would purchase the original Princess Leia costume and make my dates wear it out in public.

• 2007, MaryJanice Davidson, Leslie Esdaile, and Susanna Carr, Valentine’s Day Is Killing Me, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 26

  Two days later, a Princess Leia costume shows up in the mail for me. After one date!

• 2010, Matt Litton, The Mockingbird Parables, Thomas Nelson Inc, →ISBN, page 39:

  She was so often called on only when my brother and I deemed a supporting character necessary to play what were (in our minds) minor roles like Princess Leia to Han and Luke, Daisy to the Duke brothers, or the damsel in distress to our valiant knights.

Proper noun

• 1996, Ziauddin Sardar and Jerome R. Ravetz, Cyberfutures, Culture and Politics on the Information, NYU Press, →ISBN

  In less than 20 years, Princess Leia will grow up into a fully developed hologram person.

• 2002, Randall Peffer, Puerto Rico, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 162

  Since there are no classes at UPR on Friday, Thursday night kicks off the weekend fiesta – so heat shields up, Princess Leia.

Noun

• 2006, Mojha Kahf, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, Carroll & Graf Publishers, →ISBN, page 79

  She saw a magical creature, something from the stars, a Princess Leia.