Words Worth Noting - March 27, 2023

“At age seven, the much-tutored [future Queen] Victoria was reading British classics, perfecting her German and learning French. However, her frustrated piano master one day noted, ‘There is no royal road to music, Princess. You must practise like everybody else.’ Victoria slammed the piano shut. ‘There! You see there is no must about it!’”

Donna Jacobs “Monday Morning” in Ottawa Citizen May 21, 2007