Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
As quoted in "When it comes to shoes, practicality often takes a back seat" https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=85010977 by Mary T. Schmich, The Orlando Sentinel (November 9, 1983), p. 51
“I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
As quoted in Her Inspiration : Secrets to Help You Work Smart, Be Successful, and Have Fun (2008) by Mina Parker
Variant: I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
Lawrence Durrell The Alexandria Quartet
Source: The Alexandria Quartet (1957–1960), Mountolive (1958), I
“A kiss would kill me, woman,
If beauty were not death…”
Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898) French Symbolist poet
Hérodiade.
Hérodiade (1898)
Context: A kiss would kill me, woman,
If beauty were not death...
By what attraction
Am I drawn, what morn forgotten by the prophets
That pours on the dying distance its sad rites?
