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Velvet Quotes & Sayings

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Satin skin, silk hair, velvet eyes, sawdust heart - all complete. — Jean Rhys

She could hear wisps of fog brushing against the buildings like wet velvet. — Christopher Moore

Sometimes I think I'd be perfectly happy to go on rewriting 'Tipping the Velvet' forever because it was so much fun. — Sarah Waters

a slow drum muffled in velvet. It's her heart. — Stephen King

If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet. — Brad Holland

Yet, when struck at a particular angle by a flicker of candlelight from the chandelier, its heart of wine-drenched velvet shone through. — Tom Robbins

The long eyelids beat and lift: a burning needleprick stings and quivers in the velvet iris. — James Joyce

I questioned everything. I didn't see a character developed in Platoon at all. The character in Blue Velvet was much more fascinating to me. — Kyle MacLachlan

Napoleon advised: Place your iron hand inside a velvet glove. — Robert Greene

The night sky stretched on forever above me, the stars flung like glass beads and pearls on a black velvet cloak. — Laurie Halse Anderson

My ex calls the ochre winter 'autumn' as we queue to hear dock boys play jazz fugues in velvet dark. - Broken Verses — Kamila Shamsie

A golden half-moon graced the black velvet sky, no clouds in sight, allowing a blanket of stars to twinkle in every direction. — Gena Showalter

It wasn't just coffee ... it was an experience. Smooth, roasted, buttery notes gave away to a velvet finish. — Lisa Kleypas

Love is a hawk with velvet claws
love is a rock with heart and veins
love is a lion with satin jaws
love is a storm with silken reins — Kurt Vonnegut

You have pissed your last in this house ... and I don't make velvet roses anymore. — Toni Morrison

There's nothing I like more than meeting velvet clad peers while wrapped in a towel. — Eloisa James

One man's Mona Lisa is another man's velvet Elvis. — C.M. Bacon

Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band. — Brian Eno

( ... ) a Universe composed of one-trillionth part matter to one decillion parts black velvet futility. — Kurt Vonnegut

A black pendant in the shape of a heart lay in her hand. It was carved with roses and strung onto a velvet cord. — Teresa Flavin

Love this in the film, "Velvet Goldmine" it captures the excitement and the thrill at the moment of discovery! — Anna Sui

It's got big riffs and really it's a rock and roll album. I think Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver fans will relate to that — Scott Weiland

[Andrea] Leadsom has compassion ... a real steel and a real determination and that velvet glove of compassion that she really cares about people. — Iain Duncan Smith

Self-destruction would be a brief, almost autoerotic free-fall into a great velvet darkness. — Mark Mirabello

Like the sound of a velvet curtain being drawn aside on a peaceful morning to let sunlight wake someone very special to you. — Haruki Murakami

History remembers the velvet hearted. — Elizabeth McCracken

His lips reached mine and enveloped them, soft as velvet and yet unyielding. — Robert Thier

Do me the one favor, Sassenach," he said, draping the heavy velvet over my shoulders. "Take a larger fan. — Diana Gabaldon

The heart of government, coated with whatever velvet gloves you want to put on it, is a mailed fist of force and coercion. — Alan Keyes

Language is a smokescreen. A psycho in black velvet optioning mischief — Ian Sinclair

I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes. — Demetri Martin

The movie that made me want to make movies was "Blue Velvet." — Steven Shainberg

Early on Monday evening, when the sky was the color of a velvet ribbon falling over the hills. — Alice Hoffman

There were only the great diamonds and sapphires and emerald mists and velvet inks of space, with God's voice mingling among the crystal fires. — Ray Bradbury

Black Velvet in that little boys smile, Black Velvet with that slow southern style. A new religion that'll bring you to your knees. — Alannah Myles

You don't think crush velvet is a good fabric for a suit, do you? — Keith Thomas Walker

Ugh. A club for Prodigium? That conjured up images of way more velvet and dry ice and angst than I was up for. — Rachel Hawkins

When you with velvets mantled o'er, Defy December's tempests frore, Oh! spare one garment from your store, To clothe the poor at Christmas. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. — Napoleon Bonaparte

When a woman dresses up for an occasion, the man should become the black velvet pillow for the jewel. — John Weitz

Rulership and pants have nothing to do with each other! — Shinjirou

He strode to the wall and tore aside one of the velvet hangings. "You want to tell me what this is?" he demanded.
"It's a door, Jace," said Clary. — Cassandra Clare

Although Dorothy in Blue Velvet was humiliated and hurt by men, basically I could react to how she felt. — Isabella Rossellini

He's got a laugh like a machine gun firing through velvet. — Libba Bray

I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground. — Martin Gore

Babe, I don't know you and my no zone has a very short guest list. Consider my belt the velvet rope no one crosses without an express invitation. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

As Believers, we shine brightest in a sad and dark world; like a diamond that illuminates best when placed on black velvet. — Chris Alexander

Dark chocolate, poured over velvet: that was how his voice tasted. I wanted him to follow me around and narrate the rest of my life. — R. J. Anderson

A naked blade sheathed in velvet, that was Raphael's voice. — Nalini Singh

I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me. — Martin Gore

Silks, velvets, calicoes, and the whole lexicon of female fopperies. — Jonathan Swift

The New York Times credited me with the rediscovery and revival of red velvet cake. I consider this as one of my great life achievements. — Robert Harling

Expect nothing and life will be velvet. — Lisa Gardner

She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand like a lizard on the window-pane. — John Lennon

If I did I didn't know it. What's it like, velvet?'

'Well, Lu, velvet is like the world was just born. Clean and new and so smooth. — Toni Morrison

No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song. — Ezra Koenig

Or to lick along the smooth velvet lining of a woman's mouth with his tongue. — Stephen King

You should see what she's wearing, Callie. It's velvet. Canary yellow velvet. Turban to match. She looks like a furry banana. — Sarah MacLean

A purple velvet sofa is a gals symbol of freedom. — Beth Hoffman

From the distance of the moon, Earth was four times the size of a full moon seen from Earth. It was a brilliant jewel in the black velvet sky. — Buzz Aldrin

For pilots sometimes see behind the curtain, behind the veil of gossamer velvet, and find the truth behind man, the force behind a universe. — Richard Bach

That's more interesting than a two-headed calf singing "Some Velvet Morning" in tight harmony. — Richard Kadrey

He buried his hands in the rich velvet of her hair. I thought I'd die for wanting you. — Teresa Medeiros

'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis. — Anurag Kashyap

To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath. — George Eliot

I know mine own!"--Walter Emmett Velvet, the Antichrist — A.R. Braun

He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand, his gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand. — Dan Fogelberg

the skin like velvet over steel, — Roan Parrish

I grew up in the '90s. I listened to a lot of The Clash, Velvet Underground and Roxy Music. I wasn't into Boyzone, or anything. — Aaron Taylor-Johnson

If you would keep your soul
From spotted sight or sound,
Live like the velvet mole;
Go burrow underground. — Elinor Wylie

He feels like velvet, — Jodi Ellen Malpas

I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches. — Tom Sizemore

Every kid should sit in the velvet at least once in their lifetime. — Rosie O'Donnell

Gary Allan has long been one of country's most reliably velvet-voiced beautiful losers. — Chuck Eddy

One of the ladies handed her a red velvet hooded cloak. Little Red Riding Hood. This big bad wolf in a leather kilt wanted to eat her all up. — Terry Spear

Golconda remained a city where the wind was like velvet, where the sun was made of radium, and the sea as warm as a mother's womb. — Anais Nin

I've never been much for tears, anyway. — Ed Brubaker

Clara wore a dress of brown and cream velvet, and her feathered mask, in comparison, made her look like a sparrow — Malinda Lo

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. — Henry David Thoreau

His name was Theo. — Cinda Williams Chima

The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout. — Sara Sheridan

Kindness is the velvet of social intercourse. — James Leonard Gordon

A wise old man taught me that diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power. Persuasion, not force, works best and lasts longest. — Robin Hobb

Midnight glided across the landscape like a velvet bat. — Terry Pratchett

It's okay to be yourself. An original always worth more than a copy.
- Alif , Velvet di Durham - — Aishah Madadiy

Vaclav Havel is the figure that represents the Velvet Revolution and the reunification of Europe. He will be sorely missed. — Jerzy Buzek

'Bombay Velvet' is my most romantic film, it's my 'Titanic' or 'Gone With The Wind.' — Ranbir Kapoor

In the midst of affection and longing the iron hand appeared within the velvet glove.... — Cecil Woodham-Smith

That makes me think of spandex-covered football players. It's not me. I'm in rhinestones and velvet, not spandex. — Johnny Weir

Overhead was a sky blacker than jewlers' velvet, and a billion stars screamed down ... — Stephen King

Lexington is not big enough to have clubs with long lines, but at least they don't have velvet ropes. — Lynn S. Hightower

Amy dragged her eyes over Sethe's face as though she would never give out so confidential a piece of information as that to a perfect stranger. — Toni Morrison

Then coffin, black with silver handles with the dead boy in a black velvet suit. If you're never gonna sweat why not go out in winter style? — Marlon James

As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too. — Ric Ocasek

I knew that Kitty and I felt just the same- only, of course, about different things. I should have remembered this, later. — Sarah Waters

The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band — Brian Eno

Ah, sleep, clothe me in thy velvet cloak. — Stewart Stafford

My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday. — Molly Sims

She'd ride like a piece of lightning. No more weight'n a piece of lightning. — Enid Bagnold

Let me glimpse inside your velvet bones. — Edgar Allan Poe