and was one of the first English
professional female writers. Her writing contributed to the amatory fiction
genre of British literature.
One of the first English women to earn her livelihood by authorship, Behn's life is difficult to unravel and relate. Information regarding her, especially her early life, is scant, but she was almost certainly born in Wye, near Canterbury
, on 10 July 1640 to Bartholomew Johnson, a barber, and Elizabeth Denham.
There's no sinner like a young saint. 
Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
Come away; poverty's catching.
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.
A brave world, sir, full of religion, knavery, and change: we shall shortly see better days.
Faith, sir, we are here today, and gone tomorrow.
Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.
Oh what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!