Amused Quote by Stephen Crane

“if one read [Lady Whistledown's Society Papers] often enough, one could almost feel a part of London society without actually attending any balls.”

— Julia Quinn

“The two guys who ran the place, always in Williamsburg hipster uniforms of short-sleeved shirts and neatly trimmed beards that looked stuck on with…

— warren ellis

“I am speaking of the evenings when the sun sets early, of the fathers under the streetlamps in the back streets returning home carrying…

— Orhan Pamuk

“I heard Mr. Ingersoll many years ago in Chicago. The hall seated 5,000 people; every inch of standing-room was also occupied; aisles and platform…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“A fellow told me one about Wembley yesterday," I said, to help on the cheery flow of conversation. "Stop me if you've heard it…

— P.G. Wodehouse

The word of the moment isclassless, whether applied toCockney Society photographers or sprigs of the aristocracy running little bistros round the corner. Mick Jagger,…

— Anonymous

“It was the same fearful excitement we felt when we happened to drive through what Mummer considered a bad part of London and found…

— Andrew Michael Hurley

“What could I say about Bellingrath Junior High? Not much, except it was named after my secret hero, Bernard Bellingrath. But Barney wasn’t the…

— Cynthia T. Toney

“I reviewed in thought the modern era of raps and apparitions, beginning with the knockings of 1848, at the hamlet of Hydesville, N.Y., and…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Stupid British men, dropping women and seducing them in gardens.”

— Rachel Van Dyken

“It is remarkable that a fist-gnawingly dire England performance still has the power to shock, when in some ways this one had all the…

— Marina Hyde

“When you’re climbing up a rock face, your hands are not more than a few inches from your eyes, but when you’re coming down,…

— Jeffrey Archer