Female Ancestor

Famous quotes containing the words female and/or ancestor:

“There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)

“I cannot yet begin to understand
Why we are proud that an ancestor knew
The crazy Poe, who was not of our kind
Bats in the belfry that round and round flew
In vapors not quite wholesome for the mind.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)