Adah Isaacs Menken quotes
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“There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field.”
-- Adah Isaacs MenkenSource : Adah Isaacs Menken (2002). “Infelicia and Other Writings”, p.80, Broadview Press
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“Life is a lie, and Love a cheat.”
-- Adah Isaacs MenkenSource : Adah Isaacs Menken (1868). “Infelicia”, p.71
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“There is a graveyard in my poor heart - dark, heaped-up graves, from which no flowers spring.”
-- Adah Isaacs MenkenSource : Adah Isaacs Menken (1868). “Infelicia [poems].”, p.72
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“Good women are rarely clever and clever women are rarely good.”
-- Adah Isaacs MenkenSource : Adah Isaacs Menken (2002). “Infelicia and Other Writings”, p.237, Broadview Press
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