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Quotes About Skirts

There were swings in one of the parks, but because of our skirts, which might be blow up by the wind and then looked into, we were not to think of taking such a liberty as a swing. Only boys could taste that freedom; only they could swoop and soar; only they could be airborne.
~ Margaret Atwood
Hell and furies! Eleanor had begun to pace, her skirts swirling about her ankles. What was he thinking? When does he ever think? Richard straddled a chair and accepted a wine cup from Raoul. If he were to sell his brain, he could claim it had never been used.
~ Sharon Kay Penman
His black robes rustled as he turned, and Will fought the ridiculous urge to step behind Kit like a child twisting him in his mother's skirts.
~ Elizabeth Bear
I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.
~ Betsey Johnson
Scotland's all heather and haggis and men in skirts.
~ Simon Mawer
It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.
~ Carine Roitfeld
Writing tips are like mini skirts. Sometimes they fit perfectly, sometimes they make you cry, and sometimes you can reuse the material and sew yourself a pillow or something.
~ Chelsea Cain
You should be our Amadine, Jasmer," said Sylvanus. "Think of the pretty skirts Jenora could sew for you!" "Verena's our Amadine," said Moncraine. "There's a certain deficiency of breasts in the company, and while yours may be larger than hers, Sylvanus, I doubt as many people would pay to see them. No, since our former Amadine abandoned us Ã¢â'¬Â¦ she'll do.
~ Scott Lynch
The old lady whirled round, and snatched her skirts out of danger. The lad fled on the instant, scrambled up the high board-fence, and disappeared over it. His aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and then broke into a gentle laugh.
~ Mark Twain
I'm sort of loving the feminine skirts and the cozy tops, especially when it's starting to get a little chilly out.
~ Lydia Hearst
The world had taught me to dress up my trauma in short skirts and secret bathroom crying, to protect the fragility of boys at all costs
~ Mary Lambert
A puff of wind blew out their skirts, and they looked like two wandering flags.
~ Joseph Roth
I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.
~ Betsey Johnson
I did love Cher from Clueless. She had a great '90s wardrobe. The pleated skirts and the little knee-high socks and the whole school-girl thing.
~ Jodi Sweetin
It has sometimes been said that prudery reached such a height in the nineteenth century that people took to dressing their piano legs in little skirts lest they rouse anyone to untimely passion. Thomas
~ Bill Bryson
Even the sun-clouds this morning cannot manage such skirts Nor the woman in the ambulance Whore red heart blooms through her coat so astoundingly .... Oh my God, what am I That these late mouths should cry open In a forest of frost, in a dawn of cornflowers
~ Sylvia Plath
And now you're off to Port Caynn. Watch them sailor lads. They'll have your skirts up and a babe in your belly afore you know what you're about. Everyone keep warning me about sailors, I complained. Why can't someone tell the sailors to stay clear of me? Granny snorted. Oh, you're the fierce one now! Just take care no one else catches you unawares and knocks you on the nob!
~ Tamora Pierce
A gust of wind snatched at her hat. She jumped from the wall and her skirts blew everywhere. I couldn't avoid glimpsing more than she intended, and I feared that she might have been embarrassed. Instead she laughed and said, "You're seeing my true colors," and I was the one who blushed.
~ Frank Delaney
I bought a brand-new Mercedes 190E and got a body kit put on in a garage in Swindon. That was a car I absolutely loved, it looked epic with the low skirts and everything.
~ Chris Kamara
I don't like wearing frilly, puffy skirts.
~ Francesca Hayward
I grew up in a sanctified church. I had to wear skirts below the knee. I couldn't wear pants, open-toe or heeled shoes. We couldn't cut our hair.
~ Da Brat
I wear a lot of dresses and skirts and more ethereal hippie clothes for the day.
~ Jenna Dewan
Long skirts are annoying; they get in the way.
~ Natalie Dormer
I love Audrey Hepburn; I love those silhouettes and T-length skirts and stuff. They're just very classy. I like to mix that look with quirkiness, kind of like how Katy Perry has that quirkiness.
~ Megan Nicole