Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.
I love reading about the supernatural, and time-slip novels, and the mistress of both is Barbara Erskine.
For centuries, divorce in the West was a male tool of control - a legislative chastity belt designed to ensure that a wife had one master, while a husband could enjoy many mistresses. It is as though, having denied women their cake for so long, the makers have no wish to see them enjoy it.
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.
I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in the midst of stress.
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
The United States is considered a puritanical society by many Western nations. For example, they can't believe we hassle public servants like General David Petraeus because he had a mistress. In France, if a powerful man doesn't have a mistress, he's considered a wimp.
England is my wife, America my mistress. It is very good sometimes to get away from one's wife.
I wrote 'Mistress of Spices' at an unusual time when I had a near-death experience after the birth of my second son.
Dissolving differences has always been an important motive for my writing, right from 'The Mistress of Spices.'
