"Whimsy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... week, as he overcame one difficulty after another, he was learning, learning, just as he had done at Weil & Street's. His hazel eyes grew keener, his face thinner. For the job began to develop every freak and whimsy possible to a growing building. The owner of the department store next door refused to permit access through his basement, and that added many hundred dollars to the cost of building the party wall; ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1920 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various
... no alarming enthusiasm. "Jock dear, carry me back to bed again, will you? And then open the closet door and pull out that big sample-case to the side of my bed. The newest Fall Featherlooms are in it, and somehow, I've just a whimsy notion that I'd ...
— Roast Beef, Medium • Edna Ferber
... wondering what mood he might be in at the moment. There was a palpable uncertainty, curiosity, and perhaps reserve in her attitude, as if she wondered whether he would begin talking pompous platitudes or, on the contrary, breezing into some whimsy. He didn't quite know what to say or do. He felt like a human interrogation point; aware of the necessity of finding out something and ...
— Mixed Faces • Roy Norton
... The whimsy, for it could be nothing more, curtailed me of my sleep that night, and you may picture me trying both ...
— The Little White Bird - or Adventures In Kensington Gardens • J. M. Barrie |
