--- title: "14 Italics Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 14 Italics quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Italics sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/lucy-maud-montgomery-1934_feelings_a-few-italics-really-do-relieve-your-fee_1949774.png" --- > [a few italics really do relieve your feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/a-few-italics-really-do-relieve-your-feelings/) [Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/lucy-maud-montgomery-1934_feelings_a-few-italics-really-do-relieve-your-fee_1949774.png) > [“I adore italics, don't you?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-firbank/i-adore-italics-don-t-you/) [Ronald Firbank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-firbank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/ronald-firbank-39808_adore_i-adore-italics-don-t-you-1345517_1345517.png) > [“Fate's book, but my italics.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-paterson/fate-s-book-but-my-italics/) [Don Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-paterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/don-paterson-28839_book_fate-s-book-but-my-italics-222172_222172.jpg) > [Rilla was fond of italics, as most girls of fifteen are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/rilla-was-fond-of-italics-as-most-girls-of-fifteen-are/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/anonymous-1_fifteen_rilla-was-fond-of-italics-as-most-girls_1646072.jpg) > [She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/she-feels-in-italics-and-thinks-in-capitals/) [Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/henry-james-417_feels_she-feels-in-italics-and-thinks-in-capit_1313642.png) > [“You might say she feels in italics and thinks in capital letters!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-weber/you-might-say-she-feels-in-italics-and-thinks-in-capital-letters/) [Katharine Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-weber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/katharine-weber-45331_italics_you-might-say-she-feels-in-italics-and-t_2227258.png) > [You can't have many exclamation points left,' thought Anne, 'but no doubt the supply of italics is inexhaustible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-t-have-many-exclamation-points-left-thought-anne-but-no-doubt/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/anonymous-1_doubt_you-can-t-have-many-exclamation-points-l_918891.jpg) > [“ "What?" The italics just flew out past the alcohol's guard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-cantero/what-the-italics-just-flew-out-past-the-alcohol-s-guard/) [Edgar Cantero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-cantero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/edgar-cantero-28156_quote_what-the-italics-just-flew-out-past-the_887992.jpg) > [Italics provide a wonderful advantage: you see, right away, that the words are in a rush. When something exists at a slant,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-beattie/italics-provide-a-wonderful-advantage-you-see-right-away-that-the/) [Ann Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-beattie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/ann-beattie-14884_advantage_italics-provide-a-wonderful-advantage-yo_442605.jpg) > [Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. They should light the way, not darken it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-partridge/like-italics-and-hyphens-quotation-marks-are-to-be-used-as-sparingly/) [Eric Partridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-partridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/eric-partridge-55373_hyphens_like-italics-and-hyphens-quotation-marks_2159065.png) > [“When the Jews wanted to make something emphatic, instead of adding an exclamation point or using italics, they would simply repeat it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-2/when-the-jews-wanted-to-make-something-emphatic-instead-of-adding-an/) [R.C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/r-c-sproul-2-1477_judaism_when-the-jews-wanted-to-make-something-e_492335.jpg) > [“When I am a writer, I shall do parenthetical asides. And footnotes. There will be footnotes. I wonder how you do them?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/when-i-am-a-writer-i-shall-do-parenthetical-asides-and-footnotes/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/neil-gaiman-29_writing_when-i-am-a-writer-i-shall-do-parentheti_2622445.jpg) > [“Italics are like a rash -- you never know whether to ignore them entirely or whether the more you attention you give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zanesh-catkin/italics-are-like-a-rash-you-never-know-whether-to-ignore-them/) [Zanesh Catkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zanesh-catkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/zanesh-catkin-58549_humour_italics-are-like-a-rash-you-never-know-w_11934.jpg) > [I don't even use italics or boldface; that's clutter, not clarity. Fancy fonts are fine for blogs, just as calligraphy is fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-vachss/i-don-t-even-use-italics-or-boldface-that-s-clutter-not-clarity-fancy/) [Andrew Vachss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-vachss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/andrew-vachss-8127_anyone_i-don-t-even-use-italics-or-boldface-tha_624105.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italics/#itemlist", "name": "Italics Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "a few italics really do relieve your feelings.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lucy Maud Montgomery" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/a-few-italics-really-do-relieve-your-feelings/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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When something exists at a slant, you can't help but consider irony.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ann Beattie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-beattie/italics-provide-a-wonderful-advantage-you-see-right-away-that-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/ann-beattie-14884_advantage_italics-provide-a-wonderful-advantage-yo_442605.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/ann-beattie-14884_advantage_italics-provide-a-wonderful-advantage-yo_442605.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/ann-beattie-14884_advantage_italics-provide-a-wonderful-advantage-yo_442605.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Italics provide a wonderful advantage: you see, right away, that the words are in a rush. 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They should light the way, not darken it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eric Partridge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-partridge/like-italics-and-hyphens-quotation-marks-are-to-be-used-as-sparingly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/eric-partridge-55373_hyphens_like-italics-and-hyphens-quotation-marks_2159065.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/eric-partridge-55373_hyphens_like-italics-and-hyphens-quotation-marks_2159065.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/eric-partridge-55373_hyphens_like-italics-and-hyphens-quotation-marks_2159065.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like italics and hyphens, quotation marks are to be used as sparingly as possible. 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Sproul" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-2/when-the-jews-wanted-to-make-something-emphatic-instead-of-adding-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/r-c-sproul-2-1477_judaism_when-the-jews-wanted-to-make-something-e_492335.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/r-c-sproul-2-1477_judaism_when-the-jews-wanted-to-make-something-e_492335.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/r-c-sproul-2-1477_judaism_when-the-jews-wanted-to-make-something-e_492335.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When the Jews wanted to make something emphatic, instead of adding an exclamation point or using italics…” — R.C. Sproul", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When I am a writer, I shall do parenthetical asides. And footnotes. There will be footnotes. 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