Famous Creative Women Quotations from . . .
Aphra Behn
(1640-1689) born on Jul 10
English "playwright, poet". "She was the first English woman to support herself by writing; most popular play was "The Rover," 1677."
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F
There is no sinner like a young saint.


R
"Faith, Sir, we are here to-day, and gone tomorrow."
A
"Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret."
N
"Love's a thin diet, nor will keep out cold."
K
"All I ask, is the privilege for my masculine part the poet in me. . . . If I must not, because of my sex, have this freedom. . . I lay down my quill and you shall hear no more of me."


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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Willmore, in "The Rover," act 1, sc. 2, 1677."
R: ""The Lucky Chance," IV, 1686."
A: ""The Lover's Watch," "Four O'Clock," 1686."
N: ""The Lucky Chance," 1686."
K: ""The Lucky Chance," Preface, 1686."

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