Nursemaid Quote by Teresa Medeiros

“My mouth was dry. Whispers carried on the wind as the maids around me bunched together in small groups, hysterical, morbid. I thought: who…

— A.E. Croft

“Well, look what the scamp has dragged home with her. Pirates, henchmen and naughty, naughty men—" A soft whack noise was followed by a…

— A.W. Exley

“Good evening, children,' Said Nurse Matilda, and she gave a loud thump on the floor with her big black stick. 'I am Nurse Matilda.”

— Christianna Brand

“Mrs. Hill had changed Lyddie’s nappies, wiped her snotty nose, had nursed her through colic”

— Jo Baker

The dirty nurse, Experience, in her kind Hath fouled me.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

“When Lady Rawlings first demanded to nurse her baby, she had been repulsed, certainly. The very idea of allowing a child to munch from…

— Eloisa James

“Lillian tells everyone about her flaws," Daisy said, her brown eyes twinkling. "She's proud of them." "I do have a terrible temper," Lillian acknowledged…

— Lisa Kleypas

“Swirling furiously among the stairs and corridors of her exquisite home like a small and angry white bat Sybilla, Dowager Lady Culter, was not…

— Dorothy Dunnett

“Qualities of a Good Nurse: Go," I said. "1. Doesn't pun on your disability," Isaac said. "2. Gets blood on the first try," I…

— John Green

“Without thinking, Lillian let out a few curse words that caused Evie to blanch. One of Lillian's more questionable accomplishments was the ability to…

— Lisa Kleypas

“I spit upon the dancers painted by Degas. I spit upon their short bodies, their stiff stays, their toes whereupon they spin like peg-tops,…

— W.B. Yeats

“Those who nurse secrets, nurse a chaotic world of amplified silence.”

— B.G. Bowers