"One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.""
~ --J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

"Roland glares at Connor and Connor glares back. Then he says what he always says at moments like this. "Nice socks." Although Roland doesn't look down right away, it derails him just enough for him to back off. He doesn't check to see if his socks match until he thinks Connor isn't looking. And the moment he does, Connor snickers. Small victories are bet­ter than none."
--Neal Shusterman, Unwind

"Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.""
--Jean Kerr

"There was still plenty of water in the basement, and I felt it soaking me from the knees on down. If someone wanted to torture me until I told them a critical piece of information, all they would have to do is get my socks wet. It feels terrible.""
--Lemony Snicket, Who Could That Be at This Hour?

"I miss you like the mismatching sock I can't find. You're out there somewhere."
--Karen Quan, Better to be able to love than to be loveable

"I'm not very materialistic - I don't have a whole lot of stuff. But I do always like a pair of really weird socks."
--Taylor Kinney