Violet Quotes
189 quotes by 137 authors
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I almost went to bed without remembering the four white violets I put in the button-hole of your green sweater and how i kissed you…
— Leonard Cohen
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Violet said nothing, though big pearly tears, like a child's, trembled at her lashes. She suddenly missed John very much. Into him she could pour…
— John Crowley
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A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent--sweet, not lasting; The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.
— William Shakespeare
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Reformed rakes make the best husbands,"Violet said. "Rubbish and you know it." -Anthony to Violet
— Julia Quinn
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For a moment he could have sworn he smelled violets, which was very peculiar, since he had no idea what violets smelled like, except somehow…
— Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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Are you ready?" Klaus asked finally. "No," Sunny answered. "Me neither," Violet said, "but if we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the…
— Daniel Handler
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You might wish to revisit your understanding of the word everything.†Gregory turned to his mother. “Vocabulary and comprehension were never her strong suits.†Violet…
— Julia Quinn
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Mother,†Hyacinth said with a great show of solicitude, “you know I love you dearly—†“Why is it,†Violet pondered, “that I have come to…
— Julia Quinn
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I’m trying to embroider.†Hyacinth held up her handiwork as proof. “You’re trying to avoid—†Her mother stopped, blinking. “I say, why does that flower…
— Julia Quinn
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But this time I'm not to blame; I want you to believe that. I simply slipped into those violets. No, I want to be really…
— E. M. Forster
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Seek on high bare trails Sky-reflecting violets... Mountain-top jewels
— Matsuo Basho
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Violet heard the coughing and came running back. She sank down on the bench beside Rose, putting her arm around the older girl and holding…
— Jessica Day George
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Who are you?" Violet asked. It is confusing to fall asleep in the daytime and wake up at night. "what are you doing with Uncle…
— Daniel Handler
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Blue is for cruel bargains; green is for daring what you oughtn’t; violet is for brute force. I will say to you: Coral coaxes; pink…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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Roses are red Violets are blue Everything's possible Nothing is true.
— Alan Moore
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Wild honey smells of freedom The dust - of sunlight The mouth of a young girl, like a violet But gold - smells of nothing.
— Anna Akhmatova
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If a kiss could be seen it would look like a violet.
— Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Death is woven in with the violets,†said Louis. “Death and again death.â€)
— Virginia Woolf
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His hands skim my bare arms. “Just bounce a little when you walk,†he says, kissing my forehead, “and pretend you’re afraid of their guns 
— Veronica Roth
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Violet, the Dowager Countess: ‘I have plenty of friends I don’t like.
— Jessica Fellowes
Who Wrote These Violet Quotes
137 authors contributed a total of 189 Violet Quotes, led by these top contributors: