Velvet Quotes

“He buried his hands in the rich velvet of her hair. “I thought I’d die for wanting you.”

“And now, finished with that puzzling mixture of insane intimacy and isolation which is notoriety, Velvet was able to get on quietly to her next adventures.”

“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.”

“'Bombay Velvet' is my most romantic film, it's my 'Titanic' or 'Gone With The Wind.'”

“Colorful garments - ball gowns, kimonos, evening pajamas - made from yards upon yards of iridescent silk or velvet. I own an unjustifiable number of such outfits and jump at the chance to wear them. Against the etiquette about which I am otherwise all too conscious, I frequently, and unrepentantly, overdress for the occasion.”

“As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, 'White Light/White Heat,' and it was too much for my limited scope of appreciation. It was intense, but I didn't get it.”

“I saw pearls in her mouth and the velvet cushion of her tongue and I heard the magic words come out of her.”

“All feminine claws, he said to himself, are sheathed in velvet; but they can hurt a good deal if they touch you on the sore places of the defects of your qualities--even merely with the velvet.”

“The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout.”

“But there were certain early days in Casterbridge- days of firmamental exhaustion which followed angry south-westerly tempests-when, if the sun shone, the air was like velvet.”