Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases. – Anne Dudley Bradstreet
I literally have meetings at eight oclock in the morning, and I finish at nine oclock at night. It sounds pathetic, but I dont even have time to go shopping. – Stella McCartney
O rose, who dares to name thee? No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet, But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubblewheat,– Kept seven years in a drawer, thy titles shame thee. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning