Mistress Quickly

Mistress Quickly is an inn-keeper who appears in four plays by William Shakespeare:

  • Henry IV, Part 1
  • Henry IV, Part 2
  • Henry V
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor


Famous quotes containing the words mistress and/or quickly:

    “Mrs. de Winter: Mrs. Danvers must be furious with me.
    Maxim de Winter: Oh, hang Mrs. Danvers! Why on earth should you be frightened of her? You behave more like an upstairs maid or something, not like the mistress of the house at all.
    Mrs. de Winter: Yes, I know I do. But I feel so uncomfortable. I try my best every day, but it’s very difficult with people looking you up and down as if you were a prize cow.”
    —Robert E. Sherwood (1896–1955)

    “The intellectual damn
    Will nurse your half-hurt. Quickly you are well.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)