I don't watch television, but I saw 'The Office' by accident. I thought it was so sophisticated, the Victorian love story, and… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
My own valuation moment: When I started 'Antiques Roadshow,' John Benjamin looked at my engagement ring, which is Victorian. I sat there… — Fiona Bruce Copy Share Image
Within the sphere of steampunk, there seems to be a rapidly growing subsphere of gadgetless 'neo-Victorian' novels, most of which attempt to… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
When I was younger, we'd stay at stately homes, and at the end of dinner, women would have to leave the table.… — Catherine Oxenberg Copy Share Image
Most cities are eclectic. There's a bit of medieval, Georgian, some Victorian and some 20th century. That's fine. Bath is different because… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
“The rain landed on my skin with a barely audible patter and changed the tempo of its repetitive dance, letting the wind… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
Each generation thinks it invented sex; each generation is totally mistaken. Anything along that line today was commonplace both in Pompeii and… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Only a great genius like the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell can be mother, wife and novelist without solitude. I couldn't write until… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
“He unzipped the nylon case, and inside was a discolored frame that smelled like smoke. A thin layer of soot covered the… — Melanie Dobson Copy Share Image
The Jacksonian era is generally talked about in terms of individualism, and the development of free market capitalism, and Victorian prudery. It… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century, which was a dark and inflationary age in typography, man compositors were encouraged to stuff extra space between… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
Children became an obsessive theme in Victorian culture at the same time that they were being exploited as never before. As the… — C. Sommerville Copy Share Image
Vampires are so old that they don't need to impress anyone anymore. They're comfortable in their own skin. It's this enigmatic strength… — Stephen Moyer Copy Share Image
Not being one to calculate or look ahead, I had not stopped to think, when boys started paying attention to me, that… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
All the stories of the Bible that I know came to me first from my grandfather's lips... He would see stories in… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“The great city seemed to weigh upon me, as though it were crushing me under its heap of brick and stone. Gray,… — Gary Inbinder Copy Share Image
“Sunlight streamed in a steady flow, casting flecks of gold onto the floor, bathing my skin. I inhaled deeply. Already, the air… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
In California we froze property taxes, school size increased, test scores declined, and there was a massive middle-class white flight to private… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
The period after the First World War was an extremely different time, so that Sherlock Holmes would have been a different person… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
“Marriage for love is the beautifulest external symbol of the union of souls, marriage without it is the uncleanliest traffic that defiles… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
The easier sex gets, the less intimate every sexual act gets. In the Victorian period, a kiss was like a f -… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
Yes, if you lace your corset up as snugly as is humanly possible, it will undoubtedly impede your breathing and make you… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Victorian society was homogeneous without being homogenized. It was, to paraphrase the epigram about Parliament, a society of extreme eccentrics who agreed… — Kenneth Rexroth Copy Share Image
The big part of that Victorian era, particularly in Canada, was people being more cultured and not being in the colonies and… — Yannick Bisson Copy Share Image
“Matt is a tortured soul,' Amanda insisted. 'He's Heathcliff and you're Cathy. He's Rochester and you're Jane Eyre. He's-' 'Darcy and I'm… — Robin Brande Copy Share Image
The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The house I grew up in was a tall Victorian town house in Bristol. There were very big rooms, which were under-furnished… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
If you agree with me that a poem can be as bountiful as a rich Victorian narrative, and as wise... then you'll… — Albert Goldbarth Copy Share Image
“He started up, and wrung my hand in quite an ecstasy of gratitude. How I do hate people who can only express… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by steam engines and with Victorian engineering generally, and as a corollary to that, I'm fascinated by the idea of… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
The Victorian house and lots of other buildings weren't oppressive in themselves. They were often very airy and gingerbready and fancy. But… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Lucille, please make them go away!” she moaned, her voice muffled. “Do you think I am a divine being sent from the… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father was a Victorian product. He didn't marry until he was over 40. I knew him more as a grandfather than… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
After a day of rain the sun came out suddenly at five o'clock and threw a golden bar into the deep Victorian… — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around… — Adele Copy Share Image
'The Victorian Internet' is a must read for anyone interested in the history of technology and in the cycles of hype, boom,… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
There have been 14 versions that I can find of Burke & Hare movies. They have all been horror films and all… — John Landis Copy Share Image
“Go find your own hiding spot!” I hissed. “The seat is not wide enough to hold me and that whale you call… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
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