Vandergelder, in Act 1
The Matchmaker (1954)
“Crete doesn't need householders, she needs madmen like us. These madmen make Crete immortal.”
Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) Greek writer
Freedom and Death (1956)
Context: We, who are dying, are doing better, than they, who will live. For Crete doesn't need householders, she needs madmen like us. These madmen make Crete immortal.
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Variant: Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
“She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.”
Zora Neale Hurston book Their Eyes Were Watching God
Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God
“Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.”
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British playwright, novelist, short story writer
'"The Treasure"
Short Stories
“Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a fortune.”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) English poet, historian
On His Own Character http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=skoc (1761)
Indra Nooyi (1955) Indian-born, naturalized American, business executive
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“She calls it marriage now; such name
She chooses to conceal her shame.”
John Conington (1825–1869) British classical scholar
Source: Translations, The Aeneid of Virgil (1866), Book IV, p. 117
