The Blazing World and Other Writings Quotes

“...that much gold, and great store of riches makes them mad, insomuch as they endeavour to destroy each other...”
― Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World and Other Writings

“It you will but direct me, said the Duchess to the spirits, which world is easiest to be conquered, her Majesty will assist me with the means, and I will trust to fate and fortune; for I had rather die in the adventure of noble achievements, than live in obscure and sluggish security; since by the one, I may live in a glorious fame, and by the other I am buried in oblivion.”
― Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World and Other Writings

“If any should like the World I have made, and be willing to be my Subjects, they may imagine themselves such, and they are such, I mean in their Minds, Fancies or Imaginations; but if they cannot endure to be Subjects, they may create Worlds of their own, and Govern themselves as they please.”
― Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World and Other Writings