70 Victorian Quotes for You to Enjoy

I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel isn't simply a vehicle for private expression, but that it also exists for social examination. I firmly believe this. Margaret Atwood

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Vampires are so old that they don't need to impress anyone anymore. They're comfortable in their own skin. It's this enigmatic strength that's very romantic and old-fashioned. I think it goes back to something of a Victorian attitude of finding a strong man who's going to look after his woman. Stephen Moyer

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Halloween isn't the only time for ghosts and ghost stories. In Victorian Britain, spooky winter's tales were part of the Christmas season, often told after dinner, over port or coffee. Michael Dirda

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We lived in a tall, narrow Victorian house, which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war, when everyone thought London was going to be bombed flat. In fact, a V-2 rocket landed a few houses away from ours. I was away with my mother and sister at the time, but my father was in the house. Stephen Hawking

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My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute. Adele

I'm fascinated by steam engines and with Victorian engineering generally, and as a corollary to that, I'm fascinated by the idea of long-lived technologies. Alastair Reynolds

Engineering Corollary Steam Generally Idea Victorian Engines Fascinated Technologies

Redheads get so stereotyped. You're either exotic and wild or totally Victorian. Alicia Witt

You Wild Totally Redheads Exotic Get Either Victorian

A small foot in China, no different from a tiny waist in Victorian England, represented the height of female refinement. For families with marriageable daughters, foot size translated into its own form of currency and a means of achieving upward mobility. The most desirable bride possessed a three-inch foot, known as a 'golden lotus.' Amanda Foreman

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I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era. Annie Lennox

History Particularly Am Era Victorian Fascinated

I was Lady Gaga way before her time. I had a wee kettle for a handbag. Didn't everyone, at some point? One of the teachers used to call me Dame Flora Robson because I had this big, long Victorian skirt. And I wore a Peruvian hat. It was the 1980s - people were wearing lots of lace. Ashley Jensen

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To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism. Bill Shorten

Best Knowledge National Secretary Indeed Had Wrong Became Trade Traditions Predecessors Which Victorian Union Unionism Activities

In Victorian fiction, there would be a chapter at the end devoted to righting all of the wrongs. I thought to right all of the wrongs would be too glib. I thought it would be better to lull the reader into thinking that is the way it would work, but then not to do that. Charles Palliser

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It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large. Chris Patten

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One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded. Danny Boyle

Extremes City London Dickens Being Influences Biggest Victorian Created Growth

Economists have understood since the Victorian era that the main benefits of trade come from comparative advantage: the idea that people can specialize in what they're good at and then benefit from exchange. The principle is no more mysterious than specialization in the labor market. David Autor

Good People Benefits Benefit Market More Mysterious Exchange Main Advantage Idea Since Economists Come Principle Trade Understood Era Labor Than Victorian Then Comparative Specialization Specialize

Among my favorite half-dozen topics is the field of Victorian female explorers, the intrepid women who packed up their parasols and petticoats and roamed the world in search of adventure. Some were scientists, some artists, some unabashed curiosity-seekers who simply went out to see what they could see. Deanna Raybourn

The Victorian era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans. Dylan McDermott

Me Woman Age Sexiest Like Also Era Victorian Jeans Pair

Rightly or wrongly, the Victorian considered that there were certain subjects which were not meet for inter-sexual discussion, just as they held that certain processes of the feminine toilet, like the powdering of the nose and the application of lipstick to the mouth, were (if done at all) better done in private. E. F. Benson

Better Mouth Meet Considered Rightly Like Wrongly Feminine Private Were Subjects Discussion Lipstick Done Just Nose Which Processes Victorian Held Certain Toilet Application

I had a very happy childhood. But I was sent off to boarding school at quite a young age, this massive Victorian house that was suffocated in ivy. I think there is a part of that school in 'Heap House.' Edward Carey

The readership of Victorian novels, when they were published, was much less diverse. People were probably white, and had enough money to be literate. Very often, there are phrases in Italian, German and French that are left untranslated. Eleanor Catton

People Money White Enough Enough Money Phrases Diverse Had Had Enough French Readership Were Italian Left German Very Often Literate Victorian Much Less Novels Published

To me, steampunk and urban fantasy are naturally hinged together. And I think that's because I love the early gothic Victorian literature, and both things spring from that movement. Gail Carriger

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