Dull Quote by Gail Carson Levine

I love fairy tales because of their haunting beauty and magical strangeness. They are set in worlds where anything can happen. Frogs can be…

— Kate Forsyth

I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.

— Michael Bergin

Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world is dull…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Ivy waved the wet handkerchief, as much as to say, words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress. Then, because Ivy never settled for meaningful…

— Gail Carriger

The inspiration starts with the armor my parents collected. The references are subtle, whether in the mix of textures (woven, quilted, pleated) or in…

— Tory Burch

Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.

— Boyd K. Packer

Beauty has so many charms, one knows not how to speak against it; and when it happens that a graceful figure is the habitation…

— Laurence Sterne

But if there was embellishment, it only had to do with the facts.

— Louise Erdrich

You come by your style by learning what to leave out. At first you tend to overwrite—embellishment instead of insight. You either continue to…

— Billy Collins

The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.

— Vera Wang

Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will…

— Samuel Johnson

I’ve always been very detail orientated, but I have gone from embellishment to nudity - from designing for a woman that likes to be…

— Christian Louboutin