Is the object of your affection a big Shakespeare fan, or with a penchant for all things Elizabethan?
Look no further than these flirty lines from the ultimate romantic: William Shakespeare. Our bard offers some of the best lessons in flirting…
Here are ten of his greatest lines, guaranteed to help you find love*.
(*Disclaimer: we may be exaggerating…)
He was best known for his work Vanity Fair which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley during and after the Napoleonic Wars. Thackeray worked often under a pseudonym as his work attacked the rich and powerful, and satirised early 19th-century British society.
His work is considered second only to Charles Dickens (depending on who you ask), and like Dickens his way with words is thought-provoking and full of wit.
Here are 15 of our favourite quotes taken from his many pieces of work…
The stories surrounding Ross Poldark are now a hit BBC series, popular all over- from Cornwall, UK, to the USA. This popularity may be partly due to the stunning good looks of actor Aidan Turner who plays Ross Poldark but also thanks to Winston Graham’s emotive words.
Here are ten of Winston Graham’s beautiful quotes from his various works of fiction.
A successful commercial pilot before World War II, Antoine de Saint-Exupery wrote in his spare time but his real obsession was flying. One of the pioneers of international postal flight he flew when aircraft had few instruments. In 1935 he brought down his aircraft over the desert in Morocco, surviving the crash he was finally rescued after four days and served as inspiration for The Little Prince. Read More
Always ready with astute observations and sharp wit, Gill had numerous intelligent quips to share.
Here are ten of our favourites.
If, or when, the reader does finally realise why the book has been given that title it can be a epiphanic moment.
Here are some of our favourite moments in popular books where book titles are (finally!) mentioned.
From an early age Butler suffered from crippling shyness making her awkward, as a result she passed her time reading at the Pasadena Central Library, and writing realms and realms of pages in her ‘big pink notebook’. It will come as no surprise to her fans to learn that she quickly evolved from reading fairy tales to reading science fiction magazines. Read More
He won the Booker Prize in 1981 with his second novel, Midnight’s Children, which was said to be “the best novel of all winners”. Generally his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent and combines historical fiction and magical realism.
His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses was published in 1988 and was the subject of a major controversy in Muslim societies. Many Muslims protested the book and death threats were made against Rushdie.
His works remain as popular, and as controversial, today and we cannot deny his quotes have depth and wisdom to them. Read More
Her wisdom and way with words also awarded her a place in advertising. The famous Guinness brand hired her for their promotions in the 20th century. Sayers’ jingle was added to the bottom of the now-famous Guinness toucan advertisement.
