Undressing Quotes

“The reason I want you to put a shirt on is, well, because, um..."
"You've never seen a guy with his shirt off?"
"Ha, ha. Very funny. Believe me, you don't have anything I haven't seen before."
"Wanna bet?" he says, then moves his hands to the button on his jeans and pops it open. Isabel walks in at that exact moment.
"Whoa, Alex. Please keep your pants on.”
― Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry

“Her chin lifted. "Very well. Here is my best offer. Half of my nakedness for all of yours."

He pretended to think on it. " It's a bargain.”
― Tessa Dare, A Week to be Wicked

“You're not fooling anyone by taking your clothes off when you go to bed.”
― Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America

“My turn again.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“He turned and quickly removed his pants. My eyes grew huge, since he wore nothing underneath. I started to stammer, trying to avert my gaze,his sex all but riveting my eyes as I stared, blatantly helpless.“We will not make love. You’re in this bed as a friend. Why make things difficult?” I was hot all over; his body was perfect, strong, welcoming and oh-so-alive.”
― Alisha Basso, This Blood

“Getting dressed for a woman is an art form, surreal, vaguely abstract, figurative and byzantine. When you undress a woman you enter her subconscious kingdom, her scents, her secrets and her fantasy.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Secret Life of Girls

“Undressing myself had no fun in it, now I had undressed her.”
― Sarah Waters

“You undress a woman in the same way that you would open a magic box sealed by an angel’s kiss.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Gift of Girls

“When you undress a woman you discover in her lingerie clues to her mood and desires. These whispers of silk and satin are our armour, our feathers and fantasy – black-sexy, pink-girlie, white-virginal, red-anything might happen and (we pray) almost certainly will.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Secret Life of Girls

“Is there no easy way to taking this dress off you? Am I going to have to rip it off?”
― Flora Kidd, Passionate Choice

“Getting dressed starts with shoes. Getting undressed ends with shoes.”
― Chloe Thurlow, Girl Trade

“Keir had never suspected it was possible for a woman to wear so much clothing. After they'd gone to Merritt's bedroom, he'd unfastened the back of her velvet dress and she'd stepped out of it to reveal a profusion of... Christ, he didn't know the names for them... frilly lace-trimmed undergarments that fastened with tiny hooks, ribbons, and buttons. They reminded him of the illustrations pasted on the walls of the Islay baker's shop, of wedding cakes decorated with sugar lace and marzipan pearls, and flowers made of icing. He adored the sight of her in all those pretty feminine things.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Disguise

“Each clip and zip and fastening, each button and bow, each stretch of elastic as you undress a woman reveals hidden treasure, a clavicle, a shoulder blade, the shadowy line of a breast, a hip bone carved by Michelangelo, the discreet charms and mystery of the navel, a neglected erogenous zone cherished by the Ancient Greeks.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Secret Life of Girls

“Underwear is the female second skin.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Secret Life of Girls

“Nudity is fun, especially out of doors, but it is far more erotic when the wrappings are only partly removed from the treasures they conceal. When you undress a woman you are opening the drapes in a darkened room to gaze upon a glimpse of paradise.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Secret Life of Girls

“I step in then close the curtain as she eases her jeans past her underwear. If Echo kisses me, touches me, shit, looks at me the right way, I’ll lose my fucking mind.”
― Katie McGarry, Breaking the Rules

“Leaving his hair, I sink to my knees before him.

'Violet-'

'I'm just taking off your boots.' A smirk plays at my lips as I unlace one, then the other, taking them off. I rise and carry his boots towards the armoire.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Thomas! What are you doing!" and I gestured, "I thought this was Nothing," covering myself with one of my daybooks ,and she said, "It's Something!”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“Sex is about anticipation not culmination.”
― Chloe Thurlow, Katie in Love

“Just as the act of love should never be rushed – except between floors in an elevator, or with a stranger on a train – you should undress a woman with the same slow devotion she has shown in getting dressed.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Secret Life of Girls

“One of the best things about reconnecting with Annika is how natural it feels to be with her. Standing on the sidewalk, I wonder if she remembers how it felt to be in love with me.
I haven't forgotten how it felt to be in love with her.
As soon as we're settled in the back of the cab, she snuggles up next to me. Her body relaxes until I can feel her melting into me. She goes limp and falls asleep with her head on my chest. I don't mind at all, and I hold her until we get home. With my arms around her, she feels like mine again.
It's only when we're inside her department that I realize the evening- and the performance required of her to endure it- has taken everything she had and there's simply nothing left.
She's done.
She walks into the bedroom, and I follow. She pulls a T-shirt out of a dresser drawer and turns her back to me, not because she's upset that I followed, but so that I can unzip her dress. I oblige, and as soon as I've lowered it, the dress hits the floor. Her bra and underwear follow, which tells me that modesty is still a completely foreign concept to her. I'm not going to ogle her like the horny college student I once was, but I appreciate the view of her naked backside just the same. She turns around and when I see the front view, maybe I ogle just a little.
I mean, I'm human.”
― Tracey Garvis Graves, The Girl He Used to Know

“My lower lip trembled, and I began unbuttoning my gown, then tugged it off my shoulders.

I let it slide to the ground in a sigh of silk and tulle and beading, a deflated soufflé on the marble floor, and took a large step out of it. Even my undergarments were ridiculous, frothy scraps of lace, intended solely for Tamlin to admire- and then tear into ribbons.

I snatched up the gown, storming to the armoire and shoving it inside. Then I stripped off the undergarments and chucked them in as well.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“The Emperor of China once sent a messenger to the wise man Lao-tsu to ask how he should rule the kingdom. Lao-tsu replied that he should rule the kingdom in the way you would cook a small fish. How do you cook a small fish? In the steady, cautious, caring way you undress a woman.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Secret Life of Girls

“You wouldn’t dress a salad rashly or impassively. Why undress a woman with anything but the same attention.”
― Chloe Thurlow, The Secret Life of Girls

“Tentatively, she reached for the top button of his doublet.

Jacks's eyes flashed open. 'What are you doing?'

'Your clothes are wet,' she whispered as she slowly undid the first button with a soft click. It was a small sound, but somehow it filled the room.

Outside, the rain lashed hard against the thin window, shaking the glass, but Evangeline could still hear the sound of every button as she undid one after another.

'This is a very bad idea,' Jacks murmured.

'I would have thought you liked bad ideas.'
'Only when they're mine.'

He stood very still as he fingers reached for the bottom button and carefully slid it through the hole. For a second, there was no rain, there was no breathing. There was just the two of them.

Carefully, Evangeline parted the fabric of the doublet.

Then she felt Jacks's hand braceleting her wrist.

'My turn,' he said hoarsely. And she swore she could feel his voice on her skin as he reached for the ties of her cloak.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love