Quotes for All
What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what’s the weirdest most eccentric historical phenomenon of them all? Answer:the Great British Empire. Clearly, one tiny little island could only conquer half the known world with supernatural aid. Those absurd Victorian manners … Read more
Certainly, Doctor. Let’s talk about your chair. Victorian? Eoin Colfer
Simply put, if you are a Wayward Victorian Girl, I’ll find you. Emilie Autumn
After a day of rain the sun came out suddenly at five o’clock and threw a golden bar into the deep Victorian gloom of the front parlour Ellen Glasgow
Apart from letters, it is the vulgar custom of the moment to deride the thinkers of the Victorian and Edwardian eras; yet there has not been, in all history, another agewhen so much sheer mental energy was directed toward creating a fairer social order. Ellen Glasgow
In one particular chapter in Ulysses, James Joyce imitates every major writing style that’s been used by English and American writers over the last 700 years – starting with Beowulf and Chaucer and working his way up through the Renaissance, the Victorian era and on into the 20th century. Frederick Lenz
I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter. Freddie Mercury
The Victorian era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans. Dylan McDermott
When I was thirteen, I had a nervous breakdown, and I was put into this grown-up mental hospital with all these 50-, 60-year-old men and women. This big, Victorian mental house. There were like five boys in there, all my age, looked after by this woman who was 22 or 23. And it was like … Read more
All of Victorian verse is pentameter. Derek Walcott