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Death's this tall guy with a bone face

“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.”

— Neil Gaiman (Novelist, Journalist, Screenwriter, Children's author and Comics writer, 1960- )

I was tall, thin, ugly and dark

“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.”

— Sophia Loren (Actress, 1934- )

I do a great deal of research

“I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes”

— Raymond Chandler (Writer, 1888-1959)

You've got to do your own growing

“You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.”

— Abraham Lincoln (16th US President (1861-65), 1809-1865)

more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders

“People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders often have uneventful journeys. People jump out at them from behind rocks then say things like, "Oh. Sorry. I thought you were someone else."”

— Terry Pratchett (Writer, 1948- )

If you aren't in over your head

“If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?”

— T.S. Eliot (Editor, Playwright, Poet and Critic, 1888-1965)

all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by

“I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.”

— John Masefield quotes (poet, 1878-1967)

tall, debonair and devastating

“Love thy neighbor--and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.”

— Mae West (Actress and sex symbol, 1892-1980)

never to have loved a tall

“Better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall.”

— G. K. Chesterton (Essayist, Novelist and Poet, 1874-1936)

Shopping Maven: Clothing for Tall Women & Tall Men

The Shopping Maven

Tall Women Fashions Can Be Had Across the Pond

LongTallSally and its sister site, TallZone, are both based in the United Kingdom. LongTallSally has been around for years, and is one of the leading women’s Tall clothings catalog in the UK, while TallZone is their new fashion-forward site.
Both are priced in pounds sterling, but are in U.S. sizes. The prices are quite reasonable, and you can be sure that you won’t see everyone else in the same outfit when you order from these sites. Read more »