Mail Order Bride

Famous quotes containing the words mail, order and/or bride:

“The mail from Tunis, probably,
An easy Morning’s Ride—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“The herd of mankind can hardly be said to think; their notions are almost all adoptive; and, in general, I believe it is better that it should be so; as such common prejudices contribute more to order and quiet, than their own separate reasonings would do, uncultivated and unimproved as they are.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“The long, laid minute’s bride drifts on
Old in her cruel bed.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)