Karen Essex Quotes

I raised the hood of my cape and opened my umbrella. Headmistress had given it to me for my twenty-first birthday, knowing how fond I was of the purple foxglove that bloomed in the park. When open, th...

I could see into the shadows, where the very blades of grass and the leaves and buds of plants were sharply defined though it was a dark night. I was acutely aware of my ears, hot, pulsing, and hummin...

Together, they were greater than either them could possibly be apart. Together, she prayed, they were invincible.

Lovers of words have no place where honest work must be done.

I sat down to a lavish meal of Irish stew, boiled salad with beets, celery, potatoes doused in cream sauce, haddock and rice, and a long cheeseboard piled with pungent varieties and tasty rolls. I ate...

I remembered a truism that I had always known: no woman need let a man know the contents of her mind.

Can you not see that we still might win? We lost a battle, not a war.

As a famous historian once said, in all its history, Rome deigned to fear two people; one was Hannibal, the other was a woman.

I am more human than rational.

I am telling you that the child will not out live the buildings. Do you understand that wheras women may touch the immortal by giving birth, men--great men-- must build monuments and seek fame?

Guinevere loved Arthur until she met Lancelot. Do you not agree that it is possible to love one person but encounter another whose very soul speaks to you?

The strong do as they will while the weak suffer what they must.

Simplicity! He is as simple as a spider's web.

I suppose that Lucy and I were worthy of the male gaze, what with her pale blond beauty shown off nicely in a peach summer frock, in contrast to my black hair set against light skin. Tonight I wore my...

Feeding the family trumps conviction every time, Mary though, a basic law of the human condition.

She was keen on the idea that a strong mind, enforced with a strong will, could overcome any difficulty.

It is a quote from Mihri Hatun, a lady poet who wrote many centuries ago. 'A talented women is better than a thousand untalented men, and a women of understanding is better than a thousand stupid men.

It appears to me that our sex is only discussed publicly in a derogatory manner. The respectable woman is doomed to anonymity.

Hungry men are not known for their patience or their kindness.

You see, Miss Mina, the air is thick with the spirits of the young sailors and fishermen who died in the sea. They still yearn for the love and touch of beautiful women, young men that they were when...