Quotes about wear
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“Wearing your clothes or standing in the shower for over an hour, pretending
that this skin is your skin, these hands your hands,
these shins, these soapy flanks”

Richard Siken (1967) American poet

Source: Crush

Clothes

“Percy!” he bellowed. He dropped his broom and ran at me. If you’ve never been charged by an enthusiastic Cyclops wearing a flowered apron and rubber cleaning gloves, I’m telling you, it’ll wake you up quick.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

Flowers

“I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries. I wear out spines and ROM drives. I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”

David Foster Wallace book Infinite Jest

Source: Infinite Jest

Thinking, Study, Reading

“Is your inner vampire different from your… outer vampire?'
'Definitely. He wants me to wear midriff-baring shirts and a fedora.'
'So your inner vampire is Magnus?”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“All societies end up wearing masks.”

Jean Baudrillard (1929–2007) French sociologist and philosopher

Source: America

“Its okay I'm wearing really big knickers.”

Louise Rennison (1951–2016) British writer

Source: On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God

“There's a fine edge to new grief, it severs nerves, disconnects reality--there's mercy in a sharp blade. Only with time, as the edge wears, does the real ache begin.”

Christopher Moore (1957) American writer of comic fantasy

Reality, Time

“Human beings, as I know better than most, can get used to anything. Over time, even the unthinkable gradually wears a little niche for itself in your mind and becomes just something that happened.”

Tana French In the Woods

Source: In the Woods

Time

“My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.”

Henry Rollins (1961) American singer-songwriter

Optimism, Positive

“As long as everyone's wearing their own pants."
"I see I have come in on a fascinating moment in the conversation.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“… what makes you older is when your bones, muscles and blood wear out, when the heart sinks into oblivion and all the houses you ever lived in are gone and people are not really certain that your civilization ever existed.”

Richard Brautigan The Tokyo-Montana Express

Source: The Tokyo-Montana Express

People, Heart, Housing

“I also think he is given to disguises… Sometimes he wears spectacles and sometimes he does not. And twice he has worn an extremely peculiar hat. Inside.”

Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist

Source: What Happens in London

Thinking

“Who knows what true loneliness is — not the conventional word, but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.”

Joseph Conrad book Under Western Eyes

Pt. I, ch. 2
Under Western Eyes (1911)

Memory, Loneliness

“There's a boy who they call Pony! He's always acting gross and horny! He thinks he's got a lot down there, but he sure wears tiny underwear!”

Cecily von Ziegesar The It Girl

Source: The It Girl

Boy, Thinking

“I walked over and looked closer at the statue of the goddess. She was wearing a headdress with a skull and a cobra and a crescent moon. Maybe this is what peace of mind was all about: having a poisonous snake on your head and smiling anyway.”

Wally Lamb book I Know This Much Is True

Source: I Know This Much Is True

Peace, Smile

“The way you wear your hat,
The way you sip your tea,
The mem'ry of all that –
No, no! They can't take that away from me!”

Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) American lyricist

"They Can't Take That Away from Me", Shall We Dance.

Way, Tea

“You hold on to old experiences: injuries, injustices, and great love affairs, too. And you hold them in your joints and your organs, and wear them on your skin.”

Ann Brashares book My Name is Memory

Source: My Name Is Memory

Love

“I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter

God, People, Heart

“You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, “What if the law of gravity just wears out and lets go and I drift into space?” Does that ever make you anxious?”

Elaine May (1932) American screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedian

Lie, Law, Thinking, Night

“That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005)
Context: She died in my arms saying, "I don't want to die." That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we could never have war anymore. (p. 189)

Death, War

“As far as I was concerned men were something you had around the place, not particularly interesting, but quite harmless. I had never shown the slightest feeling for them, and apart from my never wearing a skirt, saw nothing else in common between us.”

Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Men, Feeling

“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

“Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.”

Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

God, Understanding, Tear

“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”

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

Color, Nature, Beauty, Peaceful

“My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.”

L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Source: Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

People, Thinking

“You could wear the same outfit every single day and no guy - who isn't gay - will notice.”

Maureen Johnson (1973) writer from the USA

Source: Suite Scarlett

Guy

“[The] maid of honor - the unambiguous, grown-up equivalent of wearing best friend necklaces.”

Emily Giffin (1972) American writer

Source: Love the One You're With

“What is going to happen in the course of my day that will be an improvement over lying on something very soft, underneath something very warm, wearing only underwear, doing absolutely nothing, all by myself?”

Chuck Klosterman book Downtown Owl

Source: Downtown Owl

Lying

“I dipped into his brain. He wasn't happy that I wasn't wearing a bra, because my boobs distracted him. He was thinking I was a bit too curvy for his taste. He was thinking he'd better not think about me that way anymore. He was missing his wife.”

Charlaine Harris Dead and Gone

Source: Dead and Gone

Happiness, Way, Thinking

“What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

Variant: What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.

“If time were a bolt of cloth,” said Om, “I would cut out all the bad parts. Snip out the scary nights and stitch together the good parts, to make time bearable. Then I could wear it like a coat, always live happily.”

Rohinton Mistry A Fine Balance

Source: A Fine Balance

Time, Parting, Clothes, Night

“Guilt is a rope that wears thin.”

Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“Reading never wears me out.”

Ian Falconer (1959) American illustrator and writer, costume and set designer

Source: Olivia

Reading

“That's beautiful,' Valkyrie said, looking at it.

Isn't it? This necklace has cost two very fine men their lives. At times, I wear it in tribute to their sacrifice. Other times, I wear it because it goes with this skirt.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

Source: Playing with Fire

Men, Beauty, Time

“No matter that we could be beheaded for this,” said Esa. “Heads are overrated.”
“Yes, they are so unfashionable,” said Miri, imitating an Aslandian accent. “This spring, ladies of style are wearing their feathers in their necks.”

Shannon Hale (1974) American fantasy novelist

Source: Palace of Stone

Spring

“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

“Piper gave Lit a friendly sorry-about-that smile. Even with her hair messed up and wearing two-day-old clothes, she looked extremely cute, and Jason felt a little jealous she was giving Lit that smile.”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

Smile, Clothes

“The drama bug strikes hardest with Jews, homosexuals and plump women who wear their hair in bangs. These are people who, for one reason or another, desperately crave attention”

David Sedaris (1956) American author

Women, People

“So I’m into men now, even though they can be frightening. I want a schedule-keeping, waking-up-early, wallet-carrying, non-Velcro-shoe-wearing man.”

Mindy Kaling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Men, Shoe

“He was obviously a very arrogant ragamuffin, and younger than she was, to boot. And he was wearing a necromancer's bells! Apart from that, he was quite handsome, which was another black mark as far as she was concerned.”

Garth Nix book Abhorsen

Source: Lirael

“If I did not wear torn pants, orthopedic shoes, frantic disheveled hair, that is to say, if I did not tone down my beauty, people would go mad. Married men would run amuck.”

Brenda Ueland (1891–1985) Journalist and writer

Men, People, Beauty, Shoe

“What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?”

Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist

“That's what my mother doesn't understand about my lipstick and dark clothes. I don't wear tattoos to freak her out; I wear them because I have to. It's me.”

Ellen Schreiber (1967) American writer

Source: The Coffin Club

Understanding, Tattoo, Clothes

“They looked so dangerous, like alligators. Really fast alligators wearing black. Ninja alligators. I decided not to use that one on Megan.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

Source: Steelheart

“A politician is a politician whether he's wearing a suit or a funny hat.”

Reza Aslan (1972) Iranian-American author, commentator

“Warm-hearted! I should think he has to wear asbestos vests!”

P.G. Wodehouse book The Inimitable Jeeves

Source: The Inimitable Jeeves

Thinking, Heart

“This is terrific! What fun! Maybe tomorrow I can go to the prom with my brother. The day after, perhaps I can wear white pants and unexpectedly get my period.”

Jen Lancaster (1967) American writer

Source: Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer

“I’d heard you were dead.”
"I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

Dead

“I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

Shoe, Change, Wealth

“What's this outfit? You can't afford clothes? Are you wearing other peoples?"
Helen Plum”

Janet Evanovich Two for the Dough

Source: Two for the Dough

People, Clothes

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.”

Boyd K. Packer (1924–2015) American Mormon leader

“If you insist on trying to get yourself killed, I insist on being the one who chooses what you wear while you recover”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Luke Garroway, Clary Fray, and Jocelyn Fray, pg. 221-222
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
Context: Clary looked down at herself. She was wearing a pair of flannel pajamas, too short in the leg and tight in the chest, with fire trucks on them.
Luke raised an eyebrow. 'I think those were mine when I was a kid.'
'You can't seriously tell me there wasn't anything else you could have put me in.'
'If you insist on trying to get yourself killed, I insist on being the one who chooses what you wear while you recover,' Jocelyn said with a tiny smirk.
'The pajamas of vengeance,' Clary muttered.