Crown Princess Victoria

Famous quotes containing the words crown, princess and/or victoria:

    The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
    Bible: Hebrew Proverbs 16:31.

    He is blowing on light
    each time for the first time.
    His fingers cover the mouths of all the sopranos,
    each a princess in an exact position.
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    Sometimes my wife complains that she’s overwhelmed with work and just can’t take one of the kids, for example, to a piano lesson. I’ll offer to do it for her, and then she’ll say, “No, I’ll do it.” We have to negotiate how much I trespass into that mother role—it’s not given up easily.
    —Anonymous Father. As quoted in Women and Their Fathers, by Victoria Secunda, ch. 3 (1992)