“I ain't wearing no dress. And even if I wanted to, Pa would skin me alive for spending his money on such frippery.""Nonsense. Of course you'll wear a dress. Good gracious, girl,I'm not asking you to rob a bank.""I'd rather rob the bank, thank you very much!”
“... if you're going to wear a dress like that you need to wear it with confidence. You need to fill it out mentally as well as physically.”
“Wear it home. It'll look like a dress.”
“I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda.Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to wear.”
“Words are like the delicate stitches in the dress you wear, holding the fabric of the garmet together. Without them, the dress and the world are nothing but barren cloth”