“She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.”
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Oscar Wilde812
Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Related quotes
Scott Lynch book The Republic of Thieves
Interlude “Striking Sparks” section 6 (p. 247)
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
“It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.”
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) American feminist, writer, commercial artist, lecturer and social reformer
Source: The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
“She with all the charm of woman,
She with all the breadth of man.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) British poet laureate
Source: Locksley Hall Sixty Years After (1886), Line 48
Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
The Kate Bush Story (2014)
Context: They're not "normal" songs. None of her songs have been "normal." She's just who she is, she's unique. She's — a mystery. She's the most beautiful mystery. … Let me tell you a story: when I had my civil partnership, nine years ago, in 2005, and Kate — we invited Kate, we didn't think she'd come but she came, she came with her husband Danny, and there were a lot of very famous people in that room, there were like 600 people — and all anybody wanted to meet was Kate Bush. I mean, musician, anybody — they couldn't believe Kate Bush was there. She's kind of an enigma.