Gown Quotes

124 Gown quotes by 105 unique authors

Underneath my stiffened gown Is the softness of a woman bathing in a marble basin, A basin in the midst of hedges grown So thick,… — Amy Lowell
Surely being in love doesn't cause you to lose your sense of good taste. If I ever buy a gown with sequins on it, someone… — Laurell K. Hamilton
She wore a gown the color of storms, shadows, and rain and a necklace of broken promises and regrets. — Susanna Clarke
It looks as though your shop is doing well," Luka said gazing around, "Could you help me find a gift for a lady friend of… — Jessica Day George
She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this city. Even the… — Terry Brooks
You look invincible,' my mother said one night. I loved these times, when we seemed to feel the same thing. I turned to her, wrapped… — Alice Sebold
One of the disadvantages of almost universal education was the fact that all kinds of persons acquired a familiarity with one's favorite writers. It gave… — Stella Gibbons
The temptation is to stay inside; to subside into the kind of recluse whom neighborhood children regard with derision and little awe; to let the… — Margaret Atwood
Miss Bennet, I am quite aware of your superior talent for cutting down the Lord's forsaken flock. I merely mean to spare your gown.' Thank… — Seth Grahame-Smith
A man long accustomed to admire his wife in general, seldom pauses to admire her in a particular gown or attitude, unless his attention is… — Willa Cather
And she arose from her deathbed in a gossamer gown, with eyes the color of starlight and hair as black as the night. And those… — Yasmine Galenorn
He gave her his heart. She took it and placed it quietly in the pocket of her gown. No one observed what she did. — Susanna Clarke
Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old… — Susanna Clarke
Finnick?" I say, "Maybe some pants?" He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off… — Suzanne Collins
Four people wheel out a huge wedding cake from a side room. Most of the guests back up, making way for this rarity, this dazzling… — Suzanne Collins
You spend Christmas at somebody's house, you worry about their operations, you give them hugs and kisses and flowers, you see them in their dressing… — Nick Hornby
What is it about wearing a tuxedo or that little black dress, that makes us feel confident, beautiful, splendid, even invincible? We put on formal… — Vera Nazarian
a pink taffeta evening gown. It looked like it had run away from a junior high prom... The dress looked like a petunia on steroids… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Human beings must love something, and, in the dearth of worthier objects of affection, I contrived to find a pleasure in loving and cherishing a… — Charlotte Bronte
...The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue. This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your day. I was… — Jim Butcher
You are my siren,” he said, running his hands along her thighs and down her calves, feeling the shape of her even as the silk… — Sarah MacLean
With his nightcaps and the tatters of his dressing-gown he patches up the gaps in the structure of the universe. — Heinrich Heine
I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My figured goblets… — William Shakespeare
She was a vision in a white gown her dark hair forming a hazy halo around her rosy heart-shaped face. Her long lashes fluttered to… — Anna Godbersen
With a secret smile, not unlike that of a healthy child,he walked along, peacefully, quietly. He wore his gown and walked along exactly like the… — Hermann Hesse

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