Maids Quotes - Page 2
Whatever is silenced will clamor to be heard, though silently.
Margaret Atwood (1986). “The Handmaid's Tale”, p.153, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.
Margaret Atwood (1986). “The Handmaid's Tale”, p.56, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'Proverbs of Hell'
I am aware of the damp souls of housemaids Sprouting despondently at area gates.
'Morning at the Window' (1917)
Annie Proulx (2008). “The Shipping News: A Novel”, p.171, Simon and Schuster
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 4, l. 51
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1912). “The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge”, p.1199, Library of Alexandria
children had no place in love affairs. Children ought to be born to widows and old maids.
Mary Borden (1925). “Three pilgrims and a tinker: a novel”
De Amicitia, XXIV,
John Gay (1826). “Gay's Fables and Other Poems: Cotton's Visions in Verse ; Moore's Fables for the Female Sex ; with Sketches of the Authors' Lives”, p.197
'As You Like It' (1599) act 4, sc. 1, l. [153]