Brooches Quotes

• The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Heart, Wool, Jewelry

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• Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

  Ben Jonson

  Hate, Men, Honor

  Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1857). “The Works of Ben Jonson”, p.207

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• I will make you brooches and toys for your delight Of bird-song at morning and star-shine at night. I will make a palace fit for you and me Of green days in forests and blue days at sea.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Song, Morning, Stars

  'Songs of Travel' (1896) 'I will make you brooches and toys for your delight'

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• Buildings don't exist to be pinned, like brooches, on the front of bigger structures to which they bear only the most distant of relationships.

  Paul Goldberger

  Bears, Architecture, Building

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• Stirling, like a huge brooch, clasps Highlands and Lowlands together.

  Alexander Smith

  Together, Scottish, Huge

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• Do not judge from mere appearances.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Judging, Jewelry, Appearance

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• I could never be in a cult. For starters, they never accessorize properly. David Koresh had no fashion sense, Jim Jones wore leisure suits, and I don't care how charismatic Osama bin Laden was, an AK-47 and an insulin drip do not take the place of drop earrings or a well-placed brooch.

  Joan Rivers

  Fashion, Ak 47, Leisure

  Joan Rivers (2014). “Diary of a Mad Diva”, p.71, Penguin

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• What I wear is a reflection of where I am going and how I am feeling. If Im in a good mood, its got to be cashmere and jeans - just something comfy, soft and warm. When Im down, I might find something that I havent worn for a while that was bought for me - or wear a brooch or a pair of shoes that are like old friends.

  Kim Cattrall

  Reflection, Jeans, Shoes

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Sad, Laughter, Ex Boyfriend

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• What I want back is what I was Before the bed, before the knife, Before the brooch-pin and the salve Fixed me in this parenthesis; Horses fluent in the wind, A place, a time gone out of mind.

  Sylvia Plath

  Horse, Wind, Knives

  Sylvia Plath (2010). “The Colossus”, p.10, Faber & Faber

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• In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar,-O, they fish with all nets In the School of Coquettes! When her brooch she forgets 'Tis to show her new collar; In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar!

  Henry Austin Dobson

  School, Rose, Coquette

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• My wedding was at home, so I didn't really want to wear a veil in my house. Instead I wore a lot of diamond hair clips. They were brooches, actually, designed by Lorraine Schwartz.

  Georgina Chapman

  Wedding, Home, Hair

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