Books Quote by Emma Donoghue

“The boys have all laid in enough footwear to last 'em ten years; and there's nothing doing in the shoe store but dolcy far…

— O. Henry

“They come with cold bones in heavy boots. See how they tremble. The folly of man . . .”

— Becky Wright

“Shoes really did lead the perfect life. They were polished and taken care of and not expected to do anything more painful than occasionally…

— Karen Hawkins

“one day you stepped in snow, the next in mud, water soaked in your boots and froze them at night, it was the next…

— E.L. Doctorow

“No one wears buckles anymore, and I decided to get him some real boots next winter solstice. Some sexy guy boots. Yeah. ”

— Kim Harrison

“The skin of frozen snow crunched satisfyingly beneath my boots as I smashed each step into the ground just as I planned to smash…

— Kate Elliott

“My father's boots went ahead. His boots were to me as unique and familiar, as much an index to himself, as his face was.…

— Alice Munro

“Shoes are funny beasts. You think they’re just clothes, but really, they’re alive. They want things. Fancy ones with gems want to go to…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“shoes. Shoes were life. They represented the journey, the travels, the destinations of their owners. They stretched to fit their master. They conformed to…

— Heather Burch

“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned…

— Terry Pratchett

“Funny when you're the only pair of boots in a sandals town.”

— Jeffrey Kosh

“He couldn’t pour rain out of a boot with a hole in the toe and directions on the heel.”

— C.C. Tillery