Celia Thaxter (Celia Laighton Thaxter) Quotes

Soon will set in the fitful weather, with fierce gales and sullen skies and frosty air, and it will be time to tuck up safely my roses and lillies and the rest for their winter sleep beneath the snow, where I never forget them, but ever dream of their wakening in happy summers yet to be.

Celia Thaxter

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Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.

Imelda Staunton
- Mother
- Death
- Space
Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.

Gary Sherman
I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.

Fiona Apple
- People
- Good
- Thought
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.

Mahatma Gandhi
- Me
- Opinion
- Alien
Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.

Rachel Blanchard
- American
- Mother
- British
I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.

Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet
- Reason
- Saying
- Nonsense