Captive Bred

Famous quotes containing the words captive and/or bred:

“The creative writer is usually captive to his next book.”
—Fannie Hurst (1889–1968)

““Miss C_____’s father,” says Betty, “had much better have bred his daughter a housewife, and then, mayhap, she might have got her a husband, which with all her fine learning she has not yet been able to do. And no wonder, for what man would be plagued with a slattern?””
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)