“It lies like a leper in purple, it sits like a dead thing smeared with gold.”
Oscar Wilde
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“When we were done, her purple lipstick was all smeared and I felt like giving her a right hook to the temple. I resisted.”
Nate Flexer
The Disassembled Man
“Like" and "like" and "like"--but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?”
Virginia Woolf
The Waves
“The thing about exploring is that you have to know whether the thing you've found is worth finding. Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone. Like a dead mouse at the back of the cupboard.”
John Boyne
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.”
Graham Greene
The Quiet American
“You know what it was like? It was like thinking I was heading to a surprise party and instead it was a surprise pap smear.”
Jen Lancaster
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