“The Victorians, especially southern Victorians, needed a lot of room to stray away from each other, to duck tuberculosis and flu, to avoid rapacious lust, to wall themselves away from sticky emotion. Extra space is always good.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
