“[He] is a tall, grandly built man; [she] tall and delicate. Both are narrow-faced with long, imperial noses; as they pose for pictures, it is a turkey buzzard sharing companionably with an egret.”

“I act tall!”

“Tall, sandy blonde, with sort of blue eyes, skinny in places, fat in others. An average gal.”

"Oh my God, you're so tall! You should really play basketball."

“The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in and I've been shooting it ever since.”

“I'm too tall to be a girl. I'm between a chick and a broad.”

“Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.”

“Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.”

“Firstly, there is no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a bone face, like a skeletal monk, with a scythe and an hourglass and a big white horse and a penchant for playing chess with Scandinavians. Third, he doesn't exist either.”

“I was so skinny, they gave me the nickname stechetto - the stick. I was tall, thin, ugly and dark like an Arab girl. I looked strange. All eyes. No flesh on my bones.”