Silk Quotes

201 Silk quotes by 170 unique authors

This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The dowager rose and slipped from her pew. There was the sound of tearing silk as she threw up her arms to embrace her son.… — Eva Ibbotson
My featherbed is deep and soft, and there I’ll lay you down, I’ll dress you all in yellow silk and on your head a crown.… — George R. R. Martin
Strangely enough, it wasn’t Gabe who was haunting my thoughts, though. That job belonged to a pair of sinfully black eyes that had lost their… — Becca Fitzpatrick
Before I found Minerva, I'd passed nights with more than my share of women." Thorne groaned. Don't. Just don't. "I've passed time with duchesses and… — Tessa Dare
Hey,” the cabbie yelled. “How’s about a tip?” “You bet-ski,” Evie said, heading toward the old Victorian mansion, her long silk scarf trailing behind her.… — Libba Bray
And yet one arrives somehow, finds himself loosening the hooks of her dress in a strange bedroom-- feels the autumn dropping its silk and linen… — William Carlos Williams
I never liked that ending either. More love streaming out the wrong way, and I don't want to be the kind that says the wrong… — Richard Siken
Congratulations," he said, his voice dry. "You finally managed to find a woman as tragically noble as yourself. I didn't think one existed." "I'm not… — Ilona Andrews
Beautiful Hannah. If you were mine, I'd lay you on silk sheets and wrap you up in ropes of pearls, and feed you honey from… — Lisa Kleypas
Rehv swooped down with his long arms and gathered her up against him, tucking her with vital care to his chest. Ducking his head to… — J R Ward
Soft you day, be velvet soft, My true love approaches, Look you bright, you dusty sun, Array your golden coaches. Soft you wind, be soft… — Maya Angelou
Maddie took the top of her egg off. The hot bright yolk was like summer sun breaking through cloud. The first daffodil in the snow.… — Elizabeth Wein
He wound the scarf around his fingers until her hand was hanging in the space between them. Then he slid the silk and his fingers… — Rainbow Rowell
Being the only female in what was basically a boys’ club must have been difficult for her. Miraculously, she didn’t compensate by becoming hard or… — Donna Tartt
The wardrobe? It was so full of gowns that he didn't think he could cram himself inside. Besides, it would be awkward if the maid… — Jessica Day George
Day appears again. This time he leans in close enough for his hair to brush, light as silk, against my cheeks. He pulls me towards… — Marie Lu
Black for hunting through the night For death and mourning the color's white Gold for a bride in her wedding gown And red to call… — Cassandra Clare
Calla readjusted, wrapping the silk around her other thigh instead. "Which one's he again? The pretty one?" Blue and Gansey exchanged a look. Blue's look… — Maggie Stiefvater
The sea can do craziness, it can do smooth, it can lie down like silk breathing or toss havoc shoreward; it can give gifts or… — Mary Oliver
Corn wind in the fall, come off the black lands, come off the whisper of the silk hangers, the lap of the flat spear leaves. — Carl Sandburg
Biologically inspired materials could revolutionize materials science. People looking at spider silk and abalone shells are looking for new ways to make materials better, cheaper,… — Janine Benyus
Some spider silks are really strong, but not all of them are. The ones that are really strong can actually rival steel and approach the… — Cheryl Hayashi
For me, each day begins and ends with wanting to learn a little more about the secrets of spider silk. — Cheryl Hayashi
My must-have hair products are Phyto silk spray and Kusco-Murphy setting lotion. — Johanna Braddy

Who Wrote These Silk Quotes

170 authors contributed a total of 201 Silk Quotes, led by these top contributors: