a maid QUOTES

1 " Will sat where he was, gazing at the silver bowl in front of him; a white rose was floating in it, and he seemed prepared to stare at it until it went under. In the Kitchen Bridget was still singing one of her awful sad songs; the lyrics drifted in through the door: " Twas on an evening fair I went to take the air, I heard a maid making her moan; Said, 'Saw ye my father? Or ye my mother? Or saw ye my brother John? Or saw ye the lad that I love best, And his name it is Sweet William?" I may murder her, Tessa thought. Let her make a song about that. "

2 " Then a begging brother in a tattered brown robe said a blessing on his sword, and a maid kissed his cheek. 'They are for me,' " Why?" He asked Pate. " What am I to them?" " A knight who remembered his vows," the smith said. "

3 " On those nights, the words were for me alone. They came up unbidden from my heart. They spilled over my tongue and spilled out my mouth. And because of them, I, who was nothing and nobody, was a prince of Denmark, a maid of Verona, a queen of Egypt. I was a sour misanthrope, a beetling hypocrite, a conjurer's daughter, a mad and murderous king. "

― Jennifer Donnelly , Revolution

4 " Juliet is so beautiful," Mr. Buckmaster agreed, " that her being a maid is a reflection on capitalism. "

5 " Simon stepped forward and clapped him on the shoulder. " Nothing better than making a maid happy, is there?" " Aye, there most assuredly is." Simon cocked a puzzled brow." Skewering my meddlesome brother would definitely be better." Simon laughed. " Then I'd best go pack so that I won't be directly in your sight for the next few minutes." " You do that, Simon, and while you're at it, make sure to find your common sense and bring it along as well. "

6 " Pick up your clothes. I am not your maid. How do I know this? A maid cannot kill you with a tube sock. I can. "

― Rob Thurman

7 " Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour. "

8 " 'Hollywood maids' are so idiotic. They grin at everything. I told Norman Lear I didn't want to play a maid because of that 'hee-hee/grin-grin' attitude, and he said, 'Who said I wanted that?' He told me he wanted two strong women that are the black and white of the same coin. I said, 'Oh, well - in that case, I'll be right there!' "

9 " What I will not do is continue to perpetuate stereotypes. I'm the daughter of a maid why do I have to also play a maid? My mom was a maid so I didn't have to be a maid. "

10 " My dad was a bartender. My mom was a cashier, a maid and a stock clerk at K-Mart. They never made it big. They were never rich. And yet they were successful. Because just a few decades removed from hopelessness, they made possible for us all the things that had been impossible for them. "

11 " My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them, 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that. "