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1 " In Tereza’s eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood. For she had but a single weapon against the world of crudity surrounding her: the novels. She had read any number of them, from Fielding to Thomas Mann. They not only offered the possibility of an imaginary escape from a life she found unsatisfying; they also had a meaning for her as physical objects: she loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It had the same significance for her as an elegant cane from the dandy a century ago. It differentiated her from others. "
― Milan Kundera , The Unbearable Lightness of Being
2 " A Dandy is a clothes-wearing Man, a Man whose trade, office and existence consists in the wearing of clothes. "
― Thomas Carlyle , Sartor Resartus
3 " Thank you,” she said, tears leaking out of her eyes. “Thank you so much.” A gentle and hesitant hand came down on her back. “Don’t cry, Treasure. You’ll get me all wet and then I’ll melt. I’m made of sugar, don’t you know.” (Jack Dandy And Finley) "
― Kady Cross , The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles, #1)
4 " A flawed rose is better than a flawless dandy lion. "
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5 " Groundhog found fog. New snows and blue toes. Fine and dandy for Valentine candy. Snow spittin'; if you're not mitten-smitten, you'll be frostbitten! By jing-y feels spring-y. "
― The Old Farmer's Almanac
6 " Ever heard the phrase, 'candy is dandy but liquor is quicker?'" Great she wanted to get me drunk." Ah...ever heard of underage!" " Where there's a will there's a way," she said, matter-of-factly." That's your great plan? "
7 " The owner of the Agut d'Avignon had the air of a 1920s dandy who had ruined himself with one mad night of gambling at baccarat and had only been saved by this restaurant, which he seemed to cherish as if it were his wife or a good fountain pen. "
― Manuel Vázquez Montalbán , La solitudine del manager (Pepe Carvalho, #3)
