Gauche Quotes

“My first impression of [Patricia Highsmith] was a loneliness, a sadness in one so young (we were both in our early thirties) with absolutely no sense of joy or balance. Gauche to an extreme, really physically clumsy as well as boyish, it was almost impossible to put her at ease. It was as if she felt a deep distrust of everything.”
― Patricia Schartle

“Death is terrifically gauche, don’t you know, I should never be caught wearing it in public.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Eight