Quote by Agatha Christie

“Jessie rummaged through her purse for the necessary equipment. If there were one thing, Baley had once said solemnly, that had resisted mechanical improvement…

— Isaac Asimov

“She ran into the bathroom and powdered her face and the front of her dress, drew a surrealistic version of a mouth beneath her…

— John Kennedy Toole

“She knew she was a purveyor of costume, of disguise, a fabricator of persona, one who touched only the protective surface, never the skin,…

— Jane Urquhart

“She let her mind drift, thinking about new lingerie designs, wishing she'd brought along her sketchpad. Inspiration could strike at the most inconvenient times--in…

— Heather Barbieri

“Astrid," Linda called, her feet tucked under herself on the flower-print couch. "If you had a choice between two weeks in Paris France, all…

— Janet Fitch

“[N]ames were what you wore forever, and she felt that she'd sent her daughters out in tacky rabbit fur coats when they should have…

— Sheri Holman

“We'd been trying so hard to look like our heroes, we'd kinda forgotten what a hero really is. Capes, masks, powers — sure, that's…

— Mikko

“Her beauty, her pink cheeks, and golden curls, seemed to give delight to all who looked at her and to purchase indemnity for every…

— Charlotte Brontë

“What made Jules extraordinary though, was that her heart was made of the most curious fabric. It could bend and stretch to fit every…

— Fisher Amelie

“Lina liked going to the market plaza. It was always alive with people and animals, and the market had things she'd never seen before-sandals…

— Jeanne DuPrau

“It was very pretty. It also made Marlene look very demure, which she probably hated. Ideally, Marlene probably wanted an outfit that had a…

— Maureen Johnson

“Laid out on the queen-sized four-poster was a backless rose-gold dress made with a ton of sequins. ‘Pep!’ Raina called, knowing her friend wouldn’t…

— Elle McNicoll