Scarlet Quotes

103 Scarlet quotes by 85 unique authors

She looked, and a scarlet butterfly flew away from her, away down the length of the tower, and then another, another, an unraveling scarf of… — Tanith Lee
I'd spent way more years worrying about how to look like a poet -- buying black clothes, smearing on scarlet lipstick, languidly draping myself over… — Mary Karr
I wonder," she said. "Does this castle have a moat?" A group of servants were busy emptying the privy buckets into the moat when they… — John Flanagan
This is making me crazy. I hate relying on other people to save me, I hate being clingy, I hate it, and every time you… — Jennifer Crusie
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Cogswhallop glanced skeptically at the complex runes. "Are you sure this'll work, gen'ral?" "Of course I'm sure-" Ping. The silvery note echoed in the cramped… — Hilari Bell
It [the scarlet letter] had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
A study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon? There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Everyone seems to want more form me. I am a thoroughly disappointing girl around. I shall wear a scarlet 'D' upon my bosom for all… — Libba Bray
I wonder if I can write this history, or if on every page there will be some sneaking show of a bitterness I thought long… — Robin Hobb
From the first, you enchanted me. You are more than beautiful. You are smart and strong and determined. When I'm with you. I want to… — Gena Showalter
Well I've been calling myself Scarlet Pattinson for several weeks. Have you seen Robert Pattinson? Hottest. Man. Ever. And no, I don't care if that… — Gena Showalter
I bet it breaks your heart to have two of your friends pine for me the way they do," he said proudly. "Luna...and now Scarlet.… — Ellen Schreiber
Before The World Was Made If I make the lashes dark and the eyes more bright and the lips more scarlet, or ask if all… — William Butler Yeats
And Harry, with the unerring skill of the Seeker, caught the wand in his free hand as Voldemort fell backward, arms splayed, the slit pupils… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
She had wandered, without rule or guidance, into a moral wilderness... Her intellect and heart had their home, as it were, in desert places, where… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Win walked over to me. He held out his palm. In the middle of it was a single black sequin from the dress Scarlet had… — Gabrielle Zevin
I was tops at the Scarlet O'Hara school of emotional distancing. I always thought about the uncomfortable stuff tomorrow, and, as everyone knows, tomorrow never… — Karen Chance
Truly, Autumn is my season,” the scarlet beast chorted. “Spring and Summer and Winter all begin with such late letters! But Autumn and Fall, I… — Catherynne M. Valente
I have so often been asked the question: "But how did you come to think of The Scarlet Pimpernel?" And my answer has always been:… — Baroness Orczy
Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies. — Sharon Kay Penman
Day 24. Situation is growing worse. My captors continue to find new and horrific ways to torture me. When not working, Agent Scarlet spends her… — Richelle Mead
Wear scarlet! Tear the green lemons off the tree! I don't want to forget who I am, what has burned in me, and hang limp… — Denise Levertov
Oh confound that gray-and-scarlet suit!" Sophie said. "I refuse to believe that I was the one that got caught with it! — Diana Wynne Jones
Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown… — George R. R. Martin

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