Madame Defarge Quote by Charles Dickens

“Madame Defarge immediately called to her husband that she would get them, and went, knitting, out of the lamplight, through the courtyard”

— Charles Dickens

“Madame Magloire," retorted the Bishop, "you are mistaken. The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a pause, "More so, perhaps.”

— Victor Hugo

“Next morning on her way to the factory Liza came up with Sally. They were both of them rather stale and bedraggled after the…

— William Somerset Maugham

“ We would report the exact details of her letter to her modiste, but we fear you would be overcome. Suffice to say, the…

— Cassandra Clare

“A hat should be taken off when greeting a lady, and left off the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a…

— P.J. O'Rourke

“And then George approaching, his hand stuck to his hat and the hat bent into the onslaught. She”

— Alice McDermott

“She was playing with semantics. I felt certain that she understood the word “tip” in English. She enjoyed pretending that she thought I wanted…

— Caroline Blackwood

“She was wearing a hat heavily trimmed with crisp pink ribbons which looked new, bought no doubt as tribute to the importance of the…

— P.D. James

“She pushed open the door to the restaurant. More lunchtime bustle, mostly women in hats with their coats thrown over the backs of chairs,…

— Alice McDermott

“Smile, tip your traditional hat, and enjoy your time by the water.”

— Fennel Hudson

“There is a great deal to be seen in the tilt of a hat on a man.”

— John Steinbeck

“Having realized that her affection for Sinclair went far beyond friendship, there was only one thing for her to do. She took off her…

— Shirley Karr