I would pretend when I was a child that I was Charlotte Brontë, because I'd read Jane Eyre when I was ten… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery and Robert Redford, Mel Gibson - at least in the Road Warrior films - and Harrison… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Growing up, I mostly read comic books and sci-fi. Then I discovered the book 'Jane Eyre' by Jane Austen. It introduced me… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm Tired of this… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“Wisdom bought with a tremendous price, Jane. You know what William and I suffered. I suppose the benefit to our tumultuous courtship… — Sharon Lathan Copy Share Image
“But this night is not through. We’ve made love. And now, to the bed, where the f*cking will commence.” — Charlotte Featherstone Copy Share Image
[Jane] Roe has made it not only possible, but has found it constitutional to kill a whole class of people, simply because… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
“...and I decide to stop inwardly composing the feminist world court's prosecutorial summation to the jury.” — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
Part of being a sentient human is the ability to anticipate others' mental states - to say "Fred's going to hate this… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Not long before my mother died, I found a long-lost portrait of Jane Franklin's granddaughter, Jane Flagg, aged nine - oil on… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Jane Jacobs work wouldnt have been complete if it hadn't inspired others to carry it on, and evolve Jane's groundbreaking accomplishments so… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
“Pressing his forehead to the cool glass, he held her gaze, her palm, his eyes pleading with her. Don’t go. Don’t leave… — Charlotte Featherstone Copy Share Image
It occurred to me when I was thirteen and wearing white gloves and Mary Janes and going to dancing school, that no… — William Ruckelshaus Copy Share Image
I used to dress like Roger Taylor when I was ten because I thought he was cool. In high school, I used… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
I woke up last night and thought: 'I must call somebody in my next novel Casablanca.' It's such a great name. I… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
My first feature film was a movie called 'A Gunfight,' with Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Karen Black, Jane Alexander, Raf Vallone... It… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
Let's note, that in what I consider the most disgraceful performance abroad by an American official in my lifetime - something not… — George Will Copy Share Image
When I came to England it wasn't what it is now, then the black people were very rarely strong. I had a… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
The Prophet had made dishonorable proposals to my wife... under cover of his asserted 'Revelation.'... Smith told his wife Jane the Lord… — William Law Copy Share Image
I think I learned discipline on 'Jane Eyre.' Charlotte Bronte's dialogue, the intellectual duel between Rochester and Jane Eyre's character, is so… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think the original, 'They're the next Jane's Addiction' things that people said about us in the beginning have been pretty much… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Because I had grown up with Jane Austen novels and period dramas, I was very familiar with that period and that world. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image