Sherwood

Famous quotes containing the word sherwood:

“We all felt that the men about us were making history, and that we were looking at heroes, if we could only find them out.”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)

“In the early forties and fifties almost everybody “had about enough to live on,” and young ladies dressed well on a hundred dollars a year. The daughters of the richest man in Boston were dressed with scrupulous plainness, and the wife and mother owned one brocade, which did service for several years. Display was considered vulgar. Now, alas! only Queen Victoria dares to go shabby.”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)

“Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderlay again.”
—Robert E. Sherwood (1896–1955)