“HANDKERCHIEF, n. A small square of silk or linen, used in various ignoble offices about the face and especially serviceable at funerals to conceal the lack of tears. The handkerchief is of recent invention; our ancestors knew nothing of it and intrusted its duties to the sleeve. Shakespeare's introducing it into the play of "Othello" is an anachronism: Desdemona dried her nose with her skirt, as Dr. Mary Walker and other reformers have done with their coattails in our own day --an evidence that revolutions sometimes go backward.”
Ambrose Bierce
“A cat determined not to be found can fold itself up like a pocket handkerchief if it wants to.”
Louis Camuti
“There is a ghost That eats handkerchiefs; It keeps you company On all your travels”
Christian Morganstern
“He had no little handkerchief to wipe his little nose.”
Rev. R. H. Barham
“I do this for myself because I am my own fatherland, and my handkerchief is my flag.”
Reinhold Messner
“A plain white handkerchief is the sure sign of a confident and elegant dresser.”
Alan Fusser
“A four-handkerchief novella.”
Andrea Chambers
