Busy Quote by Elizabeth Gaskell

“Just as she'd feared, it did sound base, out in the open. Like a yellowed gown that one could imagine as lovely held up…

— Amanda Barratt

“He'd forgotten just how beautiful she was. She was wearing a plain gown the color of weak, milky tea, largely covered by a black…

— Jo Beverley

She sits in her usual ample armchair, with piles of books and unopened magazines around her. She sips cautiously from the mug of weak…

— Alice Munro

“She looked like she was going to a party where the theme was Most Sparkly Evening Gown, or maybe Quickest Way to Blind Someone.”

— Julie Kagawa

“She murmured a 'Thank you', seated herself and her buried hopes in this chair which did not whirl round, and leaned her arms upon…

— Susan Glaspell

“There’s a distinct bitter aftertaste of Lady’s Gown in the tea, and I welcome it. Anything to sleep without dreaming.”

— Cat Hellisen

“She watched through a slight mist a party of people who had just come into the restaurant, the movements of arms taking off overcoats,…

— Jean Rhys

“Kate had dressed for battle, donning her finest pink muslin morning dress. With lace at her wrists and mother-of-pearl buttons at her throat, instead…

— Courtney Milan

“She wore her best dinner dress, made of silk dyed in a fashionable shade called bois de rose , a deep earthy pink that…

— Lisa Kleypas

“The Baroness found it amusing to go to tea; she dressed as if for dinner. The tea-table offered an anomalous and picturesque repast; and…

— Henry James

“I think just a cup of tea...' There was something to be said for tea and a comfortable chat about crematoria.”

— Barbara Pym

“The usual for me." The usual was a strong infusion of different kinds of Oriental teas, which raised her spirits after her siesta.”

— Gabriel García Márquez