Quotes / Fully-Clothed Nudity

"Do you know the difference between nude and naked?"
He shook his head.
"Nude is artistic. Naked is defenseless."

— Larry Niven, "Cloak of Anarchy"

Girl 1: Gee, Virginia, this is a lovely bikini you let me borrow! (strikes a provocative pose)
Girl 2: What drawer did you take that from?
Girl 1: The top, right...
Girl 2: That's not a bikini! That's underwear!
Girl 1: UNDERWEAR? SHRIIEEK!!! (covers her chest and rushes inside)

— MAD's "Lighter Side of..."

"That's the bra I gave her; she's wearing it as a top! A woman is walking around in broad daylight with nothing but a bra on?! She's a menace to society!"

— Elaine, Seinfeld

Kelsier: Vin, put some clothes on, Spook's eyes are about to pop out of his skull.
Vin: What? Why? Underwear for a noble covers more than regular clothes as a skaa.
Kelsier: The point isn't how much they cover, the point is that they're underwear.

— Mistborn: The Original Trilogy

''I am continually disappointed by nudity

decently covered breasts could look like anything when revealed,

the nipples might be eyes or snake heads or flowers glowing gold,

they might be anything, but never are.

And as for the rest of it, the whole between-the-legs business,

when I was a boy, and simply wondered about women, why back then

it was the mystery of mysteries,

and now, grown up

I still think,

I wonder what she keeps hidden,down there, beneath that cloth,

imagining miracles and mysteries and dreams

conjuring secret mouths and lips that smile and sing

craving petals, tentacles and stars,

desiring the unimaginable.

The reality of nakedness

makes me mutter Jesus Christ with delight and awe as well, of course,

but still, the revelation is in its way prosaic.

Just another gentle biped with bumps and flesh and cleft and hair,

always looking just

a little bit more awkward and less interesting

than when she wore clothes.''

— Neil Gaiman

Marcela Quintanilla: (Abraham is upset about Selena's "Top Outfit") It's a bustier!
Abraham Quintanilla: Bustiquela? Es un bra!
Marcela Quintanilla: I think she looks cute.

— Selena

Abraham Quintanilla: You were out there wearing a bra!
Selena Quintanilla: It's not a bra!
Abraham Quintanilla: It's a bra with little sprinkly things on it!

— Selena