Famous quotes containing the words blessed, virgin and/or mary:
“That blessed mood
In which the burthen of the mystery,
In which the heavy and the weary weight
Of all this unintelligible world
Is lightened.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“Let’s have some good, old-fashioned literature, with a virgin and a moral.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“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)