Velvety Quotes

19 quotes by 19 authors

I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me. — Helen Keller
We had a sunset of a very fine sort. The vast plain of the sea was marked off in bands of sharply-contrasted colors: great stretches… — Mark Twain
He seems the incarnation of everything soft and silky and velvety, without a sharp edge in his composition, a dreamer whose philosophy is sleep and… — Hector Hugh Munro
In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by… — Henry David Thoreau
Life is fleeting. And if you're ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky when when the stars are strung across the velvety night.… — Robin Williams
One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he thought there was only "some… — Winston Churchill
Usually when I ask people to reach into my velvety pouch it means something different. — Rebel Wilson
Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down… — Raymond Chandler
Hereâ€™s what I learned: First thing in the morning, before I have drowned myself in coffee, while I still have that sleepy brain I used… — Merrill Markoe
There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the air feels like… — Andrei Codrescu
But if you had asked him what his work was, he would look candidly and openly at you with his large bright eyes through his… — Anton Chekhov
Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change. — Walter Isaacson
The sky outside the window was changing rapidly from deep, velvety blue to cold, steely gray and then, slowly, to pink shot with gold. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
If I had grown up in that house I couldn't have loved it more, couldn't have been more familiar with the creak of the swing,… — Donna Tartt
He had also the reputation of being a bit of a lady killer. But that probably accrued to him from his possession of a laughing,… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
It's a soft-sounding word, 'never,' but its velvety timbre can't hide its sharp edges...Never pressed down on him. It grabbed him by the neck and… — Kathi Appelt
His coworker was velvety-skinned, a sexy boy-on-the-cusp-of man. — Karen Marie Moning
Dorina?" Louis Cesare's voice was loud in my ear. The one I had squeezed against the phone, which was squeezed against my sore shoulder, becuase… — Karen Chance
My maternal grandmother made fantastic ox tongue with velvety roasted potatoes. She cooked sweet red cabbage and lovely cauliflower with butter and bread crumbs. — Yotam Ottolenghi

Who Wrote These Velvety Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 19 Velvety Quotes as follows: