“She had been born knowing that boldness erased fear, while cowardice invited it and earned her only more ill treatment. No matter… — Jeane Westin Copy Share Image
“The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something turn up.” — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I no longer believe that William Shakespeare the actor from Stratford was the author of the works that have been ascribed to… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“It’s not his friendship I miss,’ Elizabeth said bluntly. ‘It’s him. The very person of him. His presence. I want his shadow… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“It is extraordinarily entertaining to watch the historians of the past ... entangling themselves in what they were pleased to call the… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I cannot marry the facts of William Shakespeare to his verse: Other men had led lives in some sort of keeping with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I have never thought that the man of Stratford-on-Avon wrote the plays of Shakespeare.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why do old men grow huge beards as if to proclaim a manhood that has long since fled?” — Jeane Westin Copy Share Image
“Robert bowed to the inevitable. The queen's motto, 'I see all and speak nothing." was as well chosen as any motto could… — Jeane Westin Copy Share Image
“The English language [during the Elizabethan era] wasn't standardized. There were no official dictionaries. There was no cultural belief that words should… — Bayard Louis Copy Share Image
