Dear Quotes

• It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief . . . lessens. It may not go away completely, but after a while it's not so overwhelming.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Life, Lost Love, Grief

  "Dear John". Book by Nicholas Sparks, August 7, 2007.

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• I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages. In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of the horizon, man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beautiful, Men, Horizon

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.37, Harvard University Press

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• Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist--while you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!

  Lori Greiner

  Wine, Glasses, Guy

  FaceBook post by Lori Greiner from Jan 08, 2014

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• A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

  Homer

  Friendship, Family, Sympathy

  Homer (1983). “The Odyssey”, Outlet

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• When you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Inspirational, Lost Love, Struggle

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Apr 24, 2011

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• I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Romantic, Valentines Day

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Nov 27, 2011

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• The rose is a rose,
  And was always a rose.
  But the theory now goes
  That the apple's a rose,
  And the pear is, and so's
  The plum, I suppose.
  The dear only knows
  What will next prove a rose.
  You, of course, are a rose -
  But were always a rose.

  Robert Frost

  Apples, Rose, Plums

  Robert Frost (1975). “The poetry of Robert Frost”

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• Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

  Patrick Henry

  Death, Sweet, Freedom

  Speech in Virginia Convention, Richmond, Va., 23 Mar. 1775.

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• Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

  Clark Gable

  Movie, Badass, Wind

  "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

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• There may be wonder in money, but, dear God, there is money in wonder.

  Enid Bagnold

  Money, May, Dear God

  Enid Bagnold (2013). “National Velvet”, p.280, Courier Corporation

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• We are all in a race for dear life: that is to say, we are fugitives from death.

  Theodor Reik

  Race, Dear God, Dear Life

  Theodor Reik (1963). “The Need to be Loved”

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• I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Relationship, Romantic

  "Dear John". Book by Nicholas Sparks, 2006.

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• I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John

  Nicholas Sparks

  Moon, Sky, Thumbs

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• If you hold yourself dear, protect yourself well.

  Gautama Buddha

  Protect, Wells, Ifs

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• And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Together Again, Back Together, Instant

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• And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Romantic, Girl

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Oct 18, 2012

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• This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.

  Patrick Henry

  Family, Giving, Religion

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• Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Character, Men

  William Shakespeare (1855). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With a Life of the Poet, and Notes, Original and Selected; Together with a Copious Glossary”, p.409

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• If my head holds one thought wise and clear, it's You.
  Poor as I am, what I hold dear is You.
  No matter how I see myself, I'm nothing ...
  Anything I am entirely is You!

  Rumi

  Wise, Matter, Poor

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• The saddest people I've met in my life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all .

  Nicholas Sparks

  People, Care, Mets

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• Why does one always ask a writer why they stopped? I am sure everyone finds in any drawer a few dear poems.

  Peter Bichsel

  Doe, Dear God, Drawers

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• The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us. we ought, for so dear a stake, to sacrifice every attachment & every enmity.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Sacrifice, Attachment, Liberty

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.234, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The man or woman you really love will never grow old to you. Through the wrinkles of time, through the bowed frame of years, you will always see the dear face and feel the warm heart union of your eternal love.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Art, Women, Wrinkles

  Alfred Armand Montapert (1982). “Inspiration & motivation”, Prentice Hall Direct

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• Golden volumes! richest treasures,
  Objects of delicious pleasures!
  You my eyes rejoicing please,
  You my hand in rapture seize!
  Brilliant wits and musing sages,
  Lights who beam'd through many ages!
  Left to your conscious leaves their story,
  And dared to trust you with their glory;
  And now their hope of fame achiev'd,
  Dear volumes! you have not deceived!

  Isaac D'Israeli

  Book, Eye, Light

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