Blessed Virgin Mary

Famous quotes containing the words blessed, virgin and/or mary:

    “This happy breed of men, this little world,
    This precious stone set in the silver sea,
    Which serves it in the office of a wall,
    Or as a moat defensive to a house,
    Against the envy of less happier lands,
    This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Sir Charles: Are you?
    Princess Dala: What?
    Sir Charles: What they call you—the Virgin Queen?
    Princess Dala: I’m not a queen.”
    —Blake Edwards (b. 1922)

    “A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or women.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)