Time Quote by Joan Smith

“Years later when she was being eccentric, had shed her corset and let her arse spread unhindered by anything but her perpetual dressing gown.”

— Peter Carey

“She was dressing for the life she wanted, not the one she had.”

— Anonymous

“She might be the only girl I've ever met who still hasn't learned to sacrifice bodily comfort for fashion's sake.”

— Tim Tharp

“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

“The dress means no harm, after all. And it is new. It carries nothing inside it but the possible beginnings of her downfall.”

— Amanda Hodgkinson

“She is not fashioned for a life among strangers.”

— Johanna Spyri

“Until then she hadn't considered that there was a trade off, that she might not fit anymore in places where she'd been comfortable.”

— Jodi Picoult

“She look like she ain't long for this world but dressed well for the next.”

— Alice Walker

“... a nervous, undernourished girl who continually looked down the front of her gown as though there was some sort of construction project going…

— Philip Roth

“She didn't like to think she was so shallow that a mere dress could make her happy, but she had to concede that it…

— Julia Quinn

“She was one of those invalids who has to lie down a lot, and sometimes can't lift a bread knife, but can shift a…

— Lynne Truss

“You never wore that blue gown for a lover?' 'Absolutely not!' She felt a little indignant at the very idea. 'You think I have…

— Eloisa James