Quote by Katherine Arden

“She knew she was a purveyor of costume, of disguise, a fabricator of persona, one who touched only the protective surface, never the skin,…

— Jane Urquhart

“You will wear it? For always? And remember Hunter of the Wolf? It is a promise you make?” “I will wear it.” Her fingers…

— Catherine Anderson

“And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair, With gold in her garment glittering, And she combs her golden hair.”

— Heinrich Heine

“She was sent to sleep under a velvety cloak of words, richly patterned and stitched with gold, straight out of a fairy tale, while…

— Eudora Welty

“Material goods, gold and fine clothes are of scant concern to her; she likes to lead her life as people in olden times instructed.”

— Shin Jae

“She felt like a child clad in the armour of an adult. She was perplexed at the respect she received from other adults; she…

— Jerold J. Kreisman

“If there was a dress that could make a fashion-appreciative girl out of me, this was it. The colors shimmered from gunmetal to pewter,…

— Anouska Knight

“He wore his weariness like an elegant cloak, but it was still there.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“That cloak of love you were wearing—he’s torn it to shreds, undoing the seams of trust that held it together. How can you ever…

— Antonia Michaelis

“Never had he beheld such a magnificent brown skin, so entrancing a figure, such dainty, transparent fingers. He stood gazing in wonder at her…

— Gustave Flaubert

“Her carriage bespoke an exquisite misery, a wretchedness so perfect and so absolute that it manifested as dignity, as calm. More than a dark…

— Eleanor Catton

“The dress of Virtue, in our parts, was cotton print. I had silk.”

— Wilkie Collins