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140 Gowns quotes by 118 unique authors

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
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love') — William Blake
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
[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called… — Jane Austen
Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks.… — William Shakespeare
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
The most confident of women are those who believe in every scrap of fabric they wear. They are the ones who are as happy wih… — Sarah MacLean
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
Go and change your gown, Mary," Daniel interjected. "I'm partial to gold. If you've a gown in that color, wear it to please me. If… — Julie Garwood
The girls said she was too cynical about love, but how could you not be? On the surface, relations between men and women were all… — J. Courtney Sullivan
I say 'Mom, how come you don't change into an evening gown for dinner?' She says 'I do, it's called a bath robe. [...] — Lauren Child

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