"The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence"

“Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear.”

“But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all.”

Source : "Horrible histories". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2005.

“The idea of imposing universal peace on the world by force is a barbarian fantasy.”

“An old couple came running from a motorhome, scribbling as they ran. Their sign read, Can you check on our cat, Ariel? No one would answer that, because the cats had all been eaten.”

“To romanticize the world is to make us aware of the magic, mystery and wonder of the world; it is to educate the senses to see the ordinary as extraordinary, the familiar as strange, the mundane as sacred, the finite as infinite.”

Source : "Bildung in Early German Romanticism" by Frederick C. Beiser. "Philosophers on Education: New Historical Perspectives". Book edited by Amélie Rorty, p. 294, 1998.

“Without Virginia, as we must all acknowledge--without her Patrick Henry among the people, her Lees and Jefferson in the forum, and her Washington in the field--I will not say that the cause of American liberty and American independence must have been ultimately defeated--no, no, there was no ultimate defeat for that cause in the decrees of the Most High; but it must have been delayed, postponed, perplexed, and to many eyes and hearts rendered seemingly hopeless.”

Source : Robert Charles Winthrop (1876). “Oration on the Centennial Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence: Delivered in the Music Hall, at the Request of the City Government, Boston, 4 July, 1876”, p.22

“The nude, if you tackle it, is a very fascinating subject, especially for a woman.”

“Mascara is my daily essential. I pile it on top and bottom lashes during the day. If I'm going out, I'll add the individual Eylure lashes at the outer corners for more drama.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.