--- title: "8 Dowager Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Dowager quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Dowager sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/joan-rivers-669_fashion_my-personal-style-is-over-the-top-dowage_1170942.png" --- > [My personal style is over-the-top dowager. The old days they said get dressed and take one thing off, I say get dressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-rivers/my-personal-style-is-over-the-top-dowager-the-old-days-they-said-get/) [Joan Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-rivers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8b/joan-rivers-669_fashion_my-personal-style-is-over-the-top-dowage_1170942.png) > [“I can't imagine finding anybody to take your place." "You might not find a person that easily, but you could probably find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-can-t-imagine-finding-anybody-to-take-your-place-you-might-not-find/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/haruki-murakami-21_quote_i-can-t-imagine-finding-anybody-to-take_1885411.jpg) > [The dowager rose and slipped from her pew. There was the sound of tearing silk as she threw up her arms to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-ibbotson/the-dowager-rose-and-slipped-from-her-pew-there-was-the-sound-of/) [Eva Ibbotson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-ibbotson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/585/eva-ibbotson-2965_arms_the-dowager-rose-and-slipped-from-her-pe_1992819.png) > [“Five years with the dowager - Good God, she ought to be given a title in her own right as a penance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-quinn/five-years-with-the-dowager-good-god-she-ought-to-be-given-a-title-in/) [Julia Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-quinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/julia-quinn-282_five-years_five-years-with-the-dowager-good-god-she_2091705.jpg) > [I've always wanted to do something where I aged a lot, went from young girl to dowager.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-ve-always-wanted-to-do-something-where-i-aged-a-lot-went-from-young/) [Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/charles-busch-30217_girl_i-ve-always-wanted-to-do-something-where_2179368.jpg) > [“Rafe and Richard say that when my education is sufficient you mean to marry me to some old dowager with a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mantel/rafe-and-richard-say-that-when-my-education-is-sufficient-you-mean-to/) [Hilary Mantel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mantel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/hilary-mantel-440_education_rafe-and-richard-say-that-when-my-educat_2590579.jpg) > [“For another—you can move faster than she can. You are as recognizable as she is. And you are willing to take cover.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-j-cherryh/for-another-you-can-move-faster-than-she-can-you-are-as-recognizable/) [C.J. Cherryh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-j-cherryh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/c-j-cherryh-24186_recognizable_for-another-you-can-move-faster-than-she_2617646.png) > [Violet, the Dowager Countess: ‘I have plenty of friends I don’t like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-fellowes/violet-the-dowager-countess-i-have-plenty-of-friends-i-don-t-like/) [Jessica Fellowes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-fellowes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e1/jessica-fellowes-32424_friendship_violet-the-dowager-countess-i-have-plent_3163939.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dowager/#itemlist", "name": "Dowager Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My personal style is over-the-top dowager. 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