Filled Quote by Voltaire

History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.

— Voltaire

“I see you go bare-shod. This is most likely extremely sensible. Shoes are no end of trouble for girls. . . . How many…

— Catherynne M. Valente

Putting facts by the thousands, into the world, the toes take off with an appealing squeak which the thumping heel follows confidentially, the way…

— Lyn Hejinian

Englishwomen's shoes look as if they had been made by someone who had often heard shoes described, but had never seen any.

— Margaret Halsey

“Because the human history is the history of shoes. The history of places where we ever tread and stand.”

— Stebby Julionatan

It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity…

— Stephen Bayley

If you would like to leave footprints in the sands of time, you had better wear work shoes.

— Herbert V. Prochnow

Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.

— Diana Vreeland

Shoes have a meaning.

— Claire Denis

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.

— George Herbert

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

— Iris Murdoch

“Their footsteps sound like the soft hush of rain over the stone floors.”

— Rene Denfeld