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She was allowed to deprive small men of their lives, she was not allowed to deprive great men of their property–or rather of other people’s property.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
Gala, who was Eugène’s superior in both education and worldliness, was a warm and generous teacher. She shared her expansive knowledge of contemporary literature and her passion for the Russian Symbolists. She was particularly enamored with the critic and novelist Andrey Bely and his friend the poet Aleksandr Blok, two men who loved the same woman
... See moreMichèle Gerber Klein • Surreal: The Extraordinary Life of Gala Dali
Because being immensely wealthy would make her happy, wouldn’t it? It would make anyone happy, that’s the promise of America,
Chris Pavone • The Doorman: A Novel
Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person.
Stephanie Stokes Oliver • Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing
With the mind of a European philosopher and the looks of a musketeer, she combined qualities that had been combined in men. What was new was that they were combined in a woman—and
Benjamin Moser • Sontag
She had a proprietary way of admiring other people’s possessions, as if all good taste were in some measure a tribute to herself.
Shirley Hazzard, Brigitta Olubas, • Collected Stories
La salle était pleine de gens connus : les hommes pour leur nom, leurs talents ou leur fortune, les femmes pour leur beauté, leurs bijoux ou leurs amants.
Joseph Kessel • Le tour du malheur (Tome 1) - La Fontaine Médicis - L'Affaire Bernan (French Edition)
Empress Eugénie
Paul Johnson • Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney
Started this research project after reading about Georgina Weldon. She’s notorious for having a litigation addiction but I’m obsessed with the time Gounod asked for his sheet music back after their divorce and she sent it with her name written across every page. When he attempted to have her committed, she escaped and... See more