Marilyn Monroe, with her irresistible charm, is said to have once quipped to Einstein: "Imagine if we had a child together — he'd be as beautiful as me and as smart as you." To this, the father of relativity is rumored to have replied: "Well, I think he'd end up with my looks and your brains." At the time, it wasn’t widely known that Marilyn Monroe’s IQ was actually 165 — five points higher than that of the so-called ‘greatest genius of all time’.

Norma Jeane Baker (1926-1962), better known as Marilyn Monroe, was more than just a glamorous icon. She was an avid reader, with a home library boasting around a thousand books. She spent countless hours absorbed in literary works, poetry, theater, and philosophy. Her spirit was fueled by a deep love for life, an insatiable curiosity, and an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Here are some more quotes from this incredible woman:

	"I don't feel like spring. I feel like a hot red autumn."
	"Laugh when you're sad. Crying is too easy."
	"One of the best things that happened to me is that I am a woman. All women should feel that way."
	"No one told me I was beautiful when I was a child. All children should be told they're beautiful, even if they're not."
	"It's better to be alone than miserable with someone."
	"Disappointments make you open your eyes and close your heart."
	"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be ridiculous than to be boring."
	"I'm a little girl in a big world trying to find someone to love."
	"Don't hang your head. Keep your forehead up and smile, because life is a beautiful thing and you have many reasons to smile."
	"If I had followed all the rules, I wouldn't have gotten anywhere."
	"It's easier to love a man than to live with him."
	"I have never cheated anyone. Sometimes I let men make their own mistakes."
	"I've never left someone I believed in."