Burgundy Quote by Edna Ferber

“[She had] a gay adventuresome spirit that was never to die, though it led her into curious places and she often found, at the…

— Edna Ferber

“For equipment she had youth, curiosity, a steel strong frame...four hundred ninety-seven dollars; and a gay adventuresome spirit that was never to die, though…

— Edna Ferber

Behold the grapes and all the fruits that Autumn gives today, As robed in red and gold, she rules, the Empress of Decay!

— Henry Abbey

A woman, even a prude, is not long at a loss, however dire her plight. She would seen always to have in hand the…

— Honore de Balzac

“As soon as they are gone and the door closed behind them, we fall into a frenzy about my dress. “Dark green,” my mother…

— Philippa Gregory

I put away my brushes; resolutely crucified my divine gift, and while it hung writhing on the cross, spent my best years and powers…

— Jane Swisshelm

“At the heart of the crowd walked a girl with merry eyes, a floating violet in a sea of cut-velvet and silk hose, cloth-of-silver…

— Katherine Arden

“In the loudest voice I could muster, I shouted, "As of this moment, you are no longer the armies of China, Macedonia, Myanmar, Tibet…

— Colleen Houck

“She reached into the burlap sack that she kept draped over her shoulder and retrieved a large spray of lavender and bunches of marigold.…

— Farrah Rochon

“At some point during the summer of 1944 she started wearing two plaits instead of one, and sometimes wore her hair loose. It was…

— Helmut Krausser

The virtuous woman must be treated like a relic - adored, but not handled; she should be guarded and prized, like a fine flower-garden,…

— Miguel de Cervantes

“As he looked at the woman in her characteristic attitude, her thick arms reaching up for the line, her powerful mare-like buttocks protruded, it…

— George Orwell