Dressed Quotes

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It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain in the clearness… — Raymond Chandler
Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind the flattery. There… — Robert A. Heinlein
Mutilated corpses with a chance of afternoon showers. I got dressed and went to work. — Jeff Lindsay
A woman half dressed seemed to have some power, but a man was simply not as handsome as when he was naked, and not as… — John Irving
The water rose further and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured… — William Golding
He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers… — Beverly Cleary
In our rags of light, all dressed to kill. — Leonard Cohen
Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
Actually, orcas aren't quite as complex as scientists imagine. Most killer whales are just four tons of doofus dressed up like a police car. — Christopher Moore
I sometimes used to ask myself, what on earth did I love her for? Maybe fore the warm hazel iris of her fluffy eyes, or… — Vladimir Nabokov
These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy...walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, 'Business as usual.' But… — Yann Martel
Christ is one of the 'family' now. I often wonder if God recognizes his own son the way we've dressed him up, or is it… — Ray Bradbury
They were adored by the Germans, who thought they were exactly what Englishmen ought to be. They made war look stylish and reasonable, and fun...… — Kurt Vonnegut
Sometimes, she reflected, she dressed for courage, sometimes for success, and sometimes for the consolation of knowing that whatever else went wrong, at least she… — Emma Bull
Dr Urbino did not agree: in his opinion a Liberal president was exactly the same as a Conservative president, but not as well dressed. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man! — Wilkie Collins
All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly… — Terry Pratchett
Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let… — Betty Smith
There were plenty of women around who dressed smartly, and plenty more who dressed to impress, but this girl was different. Totally different. She wore… — Haruki Murakami
God is universal," spluttered the priest. The imam nodded strong approval. "There is only one God." "And with their one god Muslims are always causing… — Yann Martel

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