Jonathan Somerset

Famous quotes containing the words jonathan and/or somerset:

    The well-cared-for woman is a parasite, and the woman who must work is a slave.
    Cora Anderson, U.S. male impersonator. As quoted in Gay American History, part 3, by Jonathan Katz (1976)

    The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)