Clothed Quotes

“The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe thoughts but thoughts worthy of being clothed--the whole thing was absurdly beyond his desires.”

“The notion of sitting down and conjuring up, not only words in which to clothe thoughts but thoughts worthy of being clothed--the whole thing was absurdly beyond his desires.”

“Because beyond their practical function, all gestures have a meaning that exceeds the intention of those who make them; when people in bathing suits fling themselves into the water, it is joy itself that shows in the gesture, notwithstanding any sadness the divers may actually feel. When someone jumps into the water fully clothed, it is another thing entirely: the only person who jumps into the water fully clothed is a person trying to drown; and a person trying to drown does not dive headfirst; he lets himself fall: thus speaks the immemorial language of gestures.”

“Man is a clothed animal”

“Anger fed him and clothed him and he owed it much.”

“What kind of look are you going for?” he asked instead. “Clothed.”

“A man cannot dress without his ideas get clothed at the same time.”

“She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.”

“Mountains clothed in snowRobed in white against blue skiesMirrored in the lake.”

“As he drifted off, his father came to visit him, clothed in all his possible shapes.”

“I wear the words we didn't say. My heart is clothed in them every day.”