“An unhappy woman with access to weed killer had to be watched carefully.” — James Ruddick Copy Share Image
“Love was something he had banished from his life years ago out of necessity, but she made him yearn to be loved.” — Stacy Reid Copy Share Image
I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion. — Olivier Theyskens Copy Share Image
“Humans are curious creatures. What we cannot see, our logical minds will try to deny.” — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
“Like a modern counterpart of a tightly-corseted Victorian, she needed to unbutton herself, learn the act of relaxation.” — Martin Edwards Copy Share Image
I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter. — Freddie Mercury Copy Share Image
Blushes are fun. I like to do circles - like a Caravaggio painting almost, or Victorian looking. — Perfume Genius 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
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
Purpose has always been part of Unilever's DNA. Our founder, William Lever, built a business around the sale of Lifebuoy soap that… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
The history of life was not the bumbling progress - the very English, middle-class progress - Victorian thought had wanted it to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When a lot of people watch these Victorian-era shows, they're in love with the costumes, the romance, the whole sweep of it… — Eric Johnson 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
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
“Generally speaking, it is injudicious for ladies to attempt arguing with gentlemen on political or financial topics. All the information that a… — Samuel Orchart Beeton Copy Share Image
The Thames Torso murders almost fell into my lap. After deciding to use a real historical crime as the focus for the… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
“Oscar always said that books are truly our best friends. He said that they never think poorly of us and that they… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
Social mobility decreased under Labour and under the current government it is reversing. The differences between the poorest and richest are returning… — Jonathan Trigell Copy Share Image
Technically and logically speaking, actual Victorian science fiction writers cannot be dubbed 'steampunks.' Although they utilized many of the same tropes and… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
Victorian feminists made the mistake of making membership of the sisterhood conditional on signing up to a particular policy agenda. Marxist feminists… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“I felt so much older now, so much more responsible. I guess that there were some positive outcomes: I knew more things… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
In the great city of San Francisco, where I used to live, at 2 in the morning every other Victorian house has… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
What smells strongly of crap to one generation - Victorian penny dreadfuls, the music of the Archies, the Lone Ranger radio show,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“You know this is wrong." It isn't a question. When he turns, White is still wrapped snug in the counterpane, motionless, just… — John T. Fuller Copy Share Image
“I held a brief debate with myself as to whether I should change my ordinary attire for something smarter. At last I… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“When in 1863 Thomas Huxley coined the phrase 'Man's Place in Nature,' it was to name a short collection of his essays… — Homer W. Smith Copy Share Image
“It is nine o'clock, and London has breakfasted. Some unconsidered tens of thousands have, it is true, already enjoyed with what appetite… — George Augustus Sala Copy Share Image
I was brought up by a Victorian Grandmother. We were taught to work jolly hard. We were taught to prove yourself; we… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
In all times and in all places--in Constantinople, northwestern Zambia, Victorian England, Sparta, Arabia, . . . medieval France,Babylonia, . . .… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“She was a Victorian girl; a girl of the days when men were hard and top-hatted and masculine and ruthless and girls… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“All the carriages filed out in single file but in a fashion that seemed to mean that they were competing against each… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
