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Skins Quotes - Page 7

You have to surround yourself with really good people and have a very thick skin.

"13 Questions With Cindy Margolis". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com. December 5, 2006.

I knew the facts of death before I knew the facts of life. There never was a time when I didn't see the skull beneath the skin.

P.D. James (2012). “The Skull Beneath the Skin: A Cordelia Gray Mystery”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.

Mark Twain, Gary Scharnhorst (2006). “Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews”, p.563, University of Alabama Press

It makes my skin crawl to think about the violent ways snakes, lizards, alligators and other exotic creatures are raised and killed for boots, bags and belts.

"Kelly Brook fashion verdict: Model bares skin to support Peta - but is floaty dress better?". www.mirror.co.uk. September 15, 2011.

Her skin was white as leprosy.

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" l. 190 (1798)

I inscribe three lines, hush hush hush, into my skin. Ghosts trickle out.

Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.60, Scholastic UK

If you're comfortable in your own skin, you will feel beautiful - and look beautiful to others, too.

"Adriana Lima's Brazilian Beauty Secrets". Interview with Hannah Morrill, www.harpersbazaar.com. June 12, 2014.

Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1907). “The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich”