Quote by Marcel Proust

The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct ratio to the swiftness of our passage.

— Marcel Proust

“Nothing charms a woman less than taking her for a ride in a car held together with duct tape and wishes.”

— S.M. Reine

“her motions quick and precise.”

— Victoria Aveyard

“The flowers' beauty drew her closer to them like a magnetic force. She felt compelled to walk a little faster.”

— H. L. Balcomb

“A clever girl may pass through the phase of foolish miss on the way to sensible woman.”

— Mary Lascelles

“There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was far faster than light; She started one day In a relative way, And returned…

— Arthur Henry Reginald Buller

“Looking back over nearly a quarter of a century, she saw that that had been the characteristic of her life -passivity, adaptability to others.”

— Doris Lessing

“Do not all charms fly / At the mere touch of cold philosophy?”

— Anonymous

“But if this desire that a woman should appear added for me something more exalting than the charms of nature, they in their turn…

— Marcel Proust

“In every medium, women are relentlessly presented as either rewards, ornaments, or obstacles.”

— Jaclyn Friedman

“Her every movement transfixed him; she was graceful and refined. She’d become a woman. An elegant woman.”

— Jan Moran

“Nothing is so destructive of female charms as contact with fresh air.”

— Georgette Heyer