Peeling Quotes - page 2

Then why are you here?” Emma demanded. "Oh, is this one of those missed-connections things? We met the other night, you felt a spark? Sorry, but I don't date trees.” "I am not a tree.” Iarlath looked angry, his bark peeling slightly. (Cassandra Clare)
I am thinking of the onion again.... Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple. No show-off like the banana. But a modest, self-effacing vegetable, questioning, introspective, peeling itself away, or merely radiating halos like ripples. View quote
Erica Jong
Night and gin and music-the right setting for peeling off the thin clinging layers of bullshit and finding one's way down closer to the essential self. View quote
John D. MacDonald