Perfectionism Quote by Elspeth Huxley

“She could strive for perfection only in certain, few things; beyond that, it was important only to be tidy.”

— Amanda Coplin

“Let her own shortfalls, and not your vindictive perfectionism, be the quality that throws her to destruction.”

— Janny Wurts

“The people they had been last summer, the person she had been--Dicey guessed she'd never be afraid again, not the way she had been…

— Cynthia Voigt

“Perfection should not have come quite so soon.”

— Jane Austen

“The height of perfection is mediocrity.”

— Pitigrilli

“I hope, Cecily, I shall not offend you if I state quite frankly and openly that you seem to me to be in every…

— Oscar Wilde

“Surely Tillie knew glitter on wrinkled cleavage was a sin.”

— Julie Anne Lindsey

“Well, being a perfectionist seems okay from the outside, but a perfectionist never enjoys anything, no matter how well it goes, because nothing is…

— Jane Smiley

“Bond came to the conclusion that Tilly Masterton was one of those girls whose hormones had got mixed up. He knew the type well…

— Ian Fleming

“She looked delighted by the prospect. Delighted that he might find the perfect woman. And there it was. His faith in a higher power…

— Julia Quinn

“If ultimately there was a tantalizing rectitude about her, she was none the less cunning: her exceeding gentleness, howbeit mitigated sometimes by the disturbing…

— Georges Bataille

“Absolute perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing to add, but nothing to take away.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry