Quotes about dressing
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“People seem to think that if they dress like a revolutionary, they don't actually have to behave like one.”

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

Cut It Out (2004)
Source: Wall and Piece

People, Thinking

“Think, Travel, Celebrate, Charm, Decorate, Dress, Live - colorfully”

Kate Spade (1962–2018) American fashion designer

Source: Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female

Travel, Thinking

“The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.”

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker

“Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.”

George Eliot book Middlemarch

First lines.
Source: Middlemarch (1871)

Beauty

“Glad you're back to normal. The makeup and the dress were a lot more intimidating than the dagger."
"Get going, Sparky, before I skewer you."
"Sparky?”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Wise, Sense, Clothes

“If you're dressed for my funeral, it's too casual. If it's just street clothes, then you must be scaring the tourists.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Obsidian Butterfly

Source: Obsidian Butterfly

Clothes

“There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Dogs, Clothes

“Someday she might replace whatever of her had gone away by some prosthetic device, a dress of a certain color, a phrase in a letter, another lover.”

Thomas Pynchon book The Crying of Lot 49

Source: The Crying of Lot 49

Color, Lovers

“Oh, both my shoes are shiny new,
And pristine is my hat
My dress is 1922…
My life is all like that.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

Life, Shoe

“I'm worried he's going to… do something crazy."
"He lives in a hole in the ground, dresses funny, and occasionally eats his assistants," Eve said. "Define crazy.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Ghost Town

“If you ever meet a guy and you fall in love with him, but because of some weird genetic mutation he doesn't seem to return the feeling?… Wear that dress.”

Ann Brashares book Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

Source: Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

Love, Guy, Feeling

“The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour.”

Ray Bradbury book Fahrenheit 451

Source: Fahrenheit 451

Thinking, Time

“But sometimes the world disrobes, slips its dress off a shoulder, stops time for a beat. If we look up at that moment, it's not due to any ability of ours to pierce the darkness, it's the world's brief bestowal. The catastrophe of grace.”

Anne Michaels book Fugitive Pieces

Source: Fugitive Pieces

World, Time

“The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion.”

Suzanne Collins book Catching Fire

Source: Catching Fire

Bird

“That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the childcatcher from.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Clary, Isabelle, Jace, and Simon, pg. 150
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
Context: "Traded him for Alec," Clary said.
"Not permanently."
"No," said Jace. "Just for a few hours. Unless I don't come back. In which case, maybe he does get to keep Alec. Think of it as a lease with an option to buy."
"Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out."
"That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?" Simon inquired. "No, probably not."

“A precious, mouldering pleasure ’t is
To meet an antique book,
In just the dress his century wore;
A privilege, I think.”

Emily Dickinson book The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

Source: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

Pleasure, Books, Thinking

“It's against my principles to buy a book I haven't read, it's like buying a dress you haven't tried on.”

Helene Hanff book 84, Charing Cross Road

Source: 84, Charing Cross Road

Books, Reading

“Hmph," she said. "I'd like to see you learn how to manage sitting and standing up straight in stays and petticoats and a dress with a foot's worth of train!"
"So would I," said Gideon from across the room.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

Learning, Training

“I have a dress fitting to get to at three.' (Simon)
'Cool,' said Kyle, slinging his messenger bag over his shoulder and heading for the door. 'Get them to make you something in red. It's totally your color.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

Color

“Her hair is smoldering. Her face was smudged with soot. She had a cut on her arms, her dress was torn, and she was missing a boot. Beautiful.”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

Beauty

“So. You’re saying my sister’s dressed like a prostitute”

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

Sister

“Hello!” The girl in the blood-red dress beamed at Leo. “Are you Dionysus?”

There was only one answer to that.
“Yes!” Leo yelped. “Absolutely. I am Dionysus.”

Rick Riordan book The Demigod Diaries

Source: The Demigod Diaries

Girl

“It is good to dress in fair clothes to dine with friends. It honors your host, if you are a guest; and your guest if you are a host. And both adorn the feast, and so celebrate the gifts of the world.”

Alison Croggon (1962) contemporary Australian poet, playwright and fantasy novelist

World, Clothes

“If there is God, I thought… Please some day let me make love to this girl while she wears that dress." "Oh…" "Tatiasha… isn't it nice to know there is a God?”

Paullina Simons book The Bronze Horseman

Source: The Bronze Horseman

Love, God, Making love, Girl

“Anyway, there is one thing I have learned and that is not to dress uncomfortably, in styles which hurt: winklepicker shoes that cripple your feet and tight pants that squash your balls. Indian clothes are better.”

George Harrison (1943–2001) British musician, former member of the Beatles

Shoe, Learning, Hurt, Clothes

“If you can't dress expensive, dress memorable.”

Barbara Kingsolver (1955) American author, poet and essayist

“Meanwhile," Simon added, "I wanted to tell you that lately I've been cross-dressing. Also, I'm sleeping with your mom. I thought you should know.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Simon to Clary, pg. 6
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)

Moms, Sleep

“This was the kind of dress that changed the world. The kind of dress that started religions.”

Richelle Mead Vampire Academy

Source: Vampire Academy

World, Religion, Change

“You dress her in a wet T-shirt and make her carry the bags? Damn, Cade, I like how you roll" - Rok”

Kresley Cole American writer

Source: Dark Desires After Dusk

“Sage," he said. "What are you wearing?"
I sighed and stared down at the dress. "I know. It's red. Don't start. I'm tired of hearing about it."
"Funny," he said. "I don't think I could ever get tired of looking at it.”

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

Thinking

“I think you ought to let me take poor Tessa into town to get some new clothes. Otherwise, the first time she takes a deep breath, that dress will fall right off her."
Will looked interested. "I think she should try that out now and see what happens.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

Thinking, Time, Clothes

“Never underestimate a well-dressed bimbo.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Shadowfever

“Religion is like language or dress. We gravitate toward the practices with which we were raised. In the end, though, we are all proclaiming the same thing. That life has meaning. That we are grateful for the power that created us.”

Dan Brown book Angels & Demons

Source: Angels & Demons

Life, Religion

“This place is just too frickin precious," the cop said, eyeing a guy dressed in a hot pink leisure suit with makeup to match. "Give me rednecks and home-grown beer any day of the week over this X-culture bullshit.”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

Source: Lover Awakened

Guy, Home, Beer

“You can have whatever you want if you dress for it.”

Edith Head (1897–1981) American film and television costumer

“A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.”

Diane Setterfield book The Thirteenth Tale

Source: The Thirteenth Tale

“Monica's eyes were fierce and fiery, but she didn't move, and after a second she turned and ran up the steps to the second floor, where her formally dressed friends were huddled like the cast of”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Midnight Alley

“With her braided hair and white dress, she seemed to glow in the moonlight.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

Literature

“Reminds me of the red dress you wore the first time I had you. That was it for me, you know. You devastated me. There was no coming back from that.”

Sylvia Day (1973) American writer

Source: Entwined with You

Time

“Annabeth came up to me. She was dressed in black camouflage with her Celestial bronze knife strapped to her arm and her laptop bag slung over her shoulder—ready for stabbing or surfing the Internet, whichever came first.”

Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

“Sometimes, she reflected, she dressed for courage, sometimes for success, and sometimes for the consolation of knowing that whatever else went wrong, at least she liked her clothes.”

Emma Bull book War for the Oaks

Source: War for the Oaks

Courage, Success, Clothes

“The world expected girls to pluck and primp and put on heels. Meanwhile, boys dressed in rumpled T-shirts and baggy pants and misplace their combs, and yet you were suppose to fall at their feet? Unacceptable.”

Libba Bray (1964) American teen writer

Source: Beauty Queens

World, Girl, Boy

“Knowing who you really are and dressing the part -- with an air of amused recklessness -- is life affirming for you and life enhancing for other people.”

Simon Doonan (1952) British businessman

Source: Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You

Life, People, Parting

“Aphrodite strikes again, huh? You're gonna be the best-dressed warrior in town, beauty queen.”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

Beauty

“As I recall, I was still dressed when I fell asleep."

"Just making sure you were comfortable."

"And making yourself equally comfortable, I see.”

Kelley Armstrong book Bitten

Source: Bitten

“There was a reason for the cost of those perfectly plain black dresses.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

Source: The Portable Dorothy Parker

“I tried to picture a female version of Jim and got Jim in a dress instead. The image was disturbing.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Rises

“Do you have a little white dress? I've had this deep-seated nurse fantasy about you, Murphy.”

Jim Butcher book Storm Front

Source: Storm Front

“For a moment she just stared, wondering if there were another girl staying here, or if Sebastian had taken to cross-dressing.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

Girl

“we had made love without love, half-dressed most of the time and always in the dark so we could imagine ourselves as better than we were.”

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer

Love, Imagination, Time

“Language is the dress of thought.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

The Life of Cowley
Lives of the English Poets (1779–81)

“American long for a closed society in which everything can be bought, where laborers are either hidden away or dressed up as nonhumans, so as not to be disconcerting. This place is called Disney World”

Adam Gopnik book Paris to the Moon

Source: Paris to the Moon

World

“Relationship Principle 6
Men see how you dress, and then make assumptions about your relationship potential.”

Sherry Argov (1977) American writer

Source: Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart

Men

“My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it and my winter coat, too. I hoped it didn't show too much.”

Gabrielle Zevin book Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Source: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

School, Hope, Winter, Heart

“It's as if I'm Finnick, watching images of my life flash by. The mast of a boat, a silver parachute, Mags laughing, a pink sky, Beetee's trident, Annie in her wedding dress, waves breaking over rocks. Then its over.”

Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay

Source: Mockingjay

Life, Wedding

“A wedding is for daughters and fathers. The mothers all dress up, trying to look like young women. But a wedding is for a father and daughter. They stop being married to each other on that day.”

Sarah Ruhl Eurydice

Source: Eurydice

For Father, Women, Wedding, Daughters

“That would be like making a pact with Lucifer. (Zarek)
Yes, but I don’t smell like sulfur. And I happen to dress better. Luc always looks like a pimp. (Dionysus)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon Night Embrace

Source: Night Embrace

“In the great glasshouses streaming with condensation, the children in mourning-dress beheld marvels.”

Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891) French Decadent and Symbolist poet

Children

“He carefully maintained the blasé air of one who had been here before and had been incredibly well dressed that time too”

Cassandra Clare The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

Time

“She did what girls generally do when they don't feel the part: she dressed it instead.”

Zadie Smith On Beauty

Source: On Beauty

Feeling, Girl, Parting

“No real lady would let a dress that might have been worn by a stranger touch her skin.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

“Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.”

Nancy Mitford book Christmas Pudding

Source: Christmas Pudding

Life, Dreams

“Some men got excited by white lace and a translucent negligee. My love muffin got excited by a woman dressed to murder. There was probably something deeply twisted about that. Lucky for me, negligees were never my thing.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Gifts

Love, Men

“Picture this," said Magnus. "Me with a little monkey friend. I could teach him tricks. I could dress him in a cunning jacket. He could look just like me! But more monkey-shaped.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: What Really Happened in Peru

“Could you please put this--could you all put these--could you get dressed, please?"
The woman only bestowed a serene smile on me. "We are as the Goddess requires."
"The Goddess requires you to be naked on my lawn?”

Kelley Armstrong book Dime Store Magic

Source: Dime Store Magic

Smile

“One of the disadvantages of almost universal education was the fact that all kinds of persons acquired a familiarity with one's favorite writers. It gave one a curious feeling; it was like seeing a drunken stranger wrapped in one's dressing gown.”

Stella Gibbons book Cold Comfort Farm

Source: Cold Comfort Farm

Education, Feeling, Universe, Personality

“Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre," Tessa pointed out.
"No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits. Is that what you want?"
"You would make a very ugly woman."
"I would not. I would be stunning.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

Girl

“It felt as though the whole globe was dressed in snow. Like it has pulled it on, the way you pull on a sweater. Next to the train line, footprints were sunken to their shins. Trees wore blankets of ice.
As you may expect, someone has died.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

Way, Tree, Training

“It's just that in the Deep South, women learn at a young age that when the world is falling apart around you, it's time to take down the drapes and make a new dress.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Faefever

Women, Age, World, Learning

“Kate had never in her life seen such frightful deformities, and the goblins had never seen such a hideous dress.”

Clare B. Dunkle book The Hollow Kingdom

Source: The Hollow Kingdom

Life

“Rose: "You see something you like?"
Dimitri: "Get dressed.”
-Rose Hathaway & Dimitri Belikov (Vampire Academy)”

Richelle Mead Vampire Academy

Source: Vampire Academy

“You…you got rid of that dress fast," I pointed out between heavy breaths. "I thought you liked it."
"I do like it," he said. His breathing was as heavy as mine. "I love it."
And then he took me to the bed.”

Richelle Mead Vampire Academy

Source: Vampire Academy

Love

“It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.”

Diana Vreeland (1903–1989) American magazine editor

Life

“She had been proud of his decision to serve his country, her heart bursting with love and admiration the first time she saw him outfitted in his dress blues.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Lucky One

Source: The Lucky One

Love, Decision, Time, Heart

“Ah, Morganville. Where dressing to hide bloodstains was just good daily planning.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Bitter Blood

“… the devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for…”

Tucker Max book Assholes Finish First

Source: Assholes Finish First

“And the gold of her ruined wedding dress.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

Wedding

“I’ve found that people tend to trust other people who dress like them.”

David Levithan book Every Day

Source: Every Day

People

“In our rags of light, all dressed to kill.”

Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter

Light

“The wound you refuse to dress is one that will never heal. You gush lifeblood and never even know why. It will make you weak at a critical moment when you need to be strong.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Iced

Strong

“If we're going to the Silent City, you might want to get dressed. I mean, I appreciate the bra-and-panties look, but I don't know if the Silent Brothers will. There are only a few of the left, and I don't want them to die of excitement.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“Mutilated corpses with a chance of afternoon showers. I got dressed and went to work.”

Jeff Lindsay book Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Variant: Another beautiful Miami day. Mutilated corpses with a chance of afternoon showers. I got dressed and went to work.
Source: Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Chance