History Quote by N. K. Jemisin

The Victorians have been immoderately praised, and immoderately blamed, and surely it is time we formed some reasonable picture of them? There was their…

— Robertson Davies

The big part of that Victorian era, particularly in Canada, was people being more cultured and not being in the colonies and barbaric. It…

— Yannick Bisson

The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and…

— Ted Baillieu

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

— Annie Lennox

For those who reject it, the Victorian experience is something to feel embarrassed about, to apologise for, to escape from, and never to repeat.…

— David Cannadine

A great deal has been written about the forthrightness of the moderns shocking the Victorians, but there is no shock like the one which…

— Margery Allingham

Those Victorians: endlessly fascinating, broad in their learning, heroic in their achievements, in parts completely mad.

— Simon Heffer

Some ministers are fond of talking about a return to Victorian values. We must realise that those Victorian values are being expressed by some…

— Charles Kennedy

We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.

— A. N. Wilson

The Victorian house and lots of other buildings weren't oppressive in themselves. They were often very airy and gingerbready and fancy. But they were…

— Jane Jacobs

“When we read Victorian novels, we are often misled into thinking how close that age is to our own; but when we encounter historical…

— John Bowen

Since the passing of Victoria the Great there had been an accumulating uneasiness in the national life. It was as if some compact and…

— H. G. Wells