Quote by Constance Savery

It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Mae Tuck must never go to the gallows. Whatever happened to the man in the yellow suit, Mae Tuck must not be hanged. Because…

— Natalie Babbitt

“The convicts wash my shirts, as in murderer convicts and kidnapper convicts, and then I’m supposed to wear them?”

— Gennifer Choldenko

“In vain!—As fall the dews on quenchless sands, Blood only serves to wash Ambition's hands!”

— Lord Byron

“The brown and charred rags that hung from the sides of it, I presently recognized as the decaying vestiges of books. They had long…

— H.G. Wells

“The society that hangs the most dirty laundry is the cleanest at its core.”

— Daniel Jacobs

“Gray’s teeth ground like millstones. At this rate, they wouldn’t need a hanging. The effort required to hold his tongue in the face of…

— Tessa Dare

“And to crown the whole, you must needs come back and make a martyr of yourself, so now anyone who cares a farthing for…

— Naomi Novik

“Imagine a man between thirty-eight and forty, tall, slim, and pale. His clothes, except for their style, looked as if they'd escaped from the…

— Machado de Assis

“I ran up the stairs, shedding pieces of my suit as I went, determined for a shower, resolute in washing away what I’d just…

— Fisher Amelie

“In the past I wanted to be hung. It was worth while being hung to be a hero, seeing that life was not really…

— Christopher Fry

Tom Hyde, the tinker, standing on the gallows, was asked if he had anything to say. "Tell the tailors," said he, "to remember to…

— Henry David Thoreau