“Fanny May LeakBorn Poplar, London 1886”

“It may surprise you to find that the older one gets the more we appreciate the wisdom of those we did not think possessed it. (Bascot)”

“Who we’re told to be carries the weight of history behind it. We may not like it but we better know it. Who we’re told to be is no accident, but rather a purposeful construction of centuries of accumulated fear. Who we’re told to be can be deliberately deconstructed.”

“I am real, I am alive, & I deserve....”

“The dusty tombs of long-dead exorcist priests lay in the alcoves below, surmounted by stone effigies, the features eroded by the passing of time and the reverent caresses of their grateful parishioners, a reminder, she knew all too well, of the brevity of life.”

“All what we think and know is an illusion. Nothing exists. Everything is an opinion.”

“While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.”