Dear Quotes - Page 9

• Underneath my stiffened gown Is the softness of a woman bathing in a marble basin, A basin in the midst of hedges grown So thick, she cannot see her lover hiding, But she guesses he is near, And the sliding of the water Seems the stroking of a dear Hand upon her.

  Amy Lowell

  Hands, Water, Gowns

  Amy Lowell (2009). “Men, Women and Ghosts”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• But how did you know where we were?" Annabeth asked. Advanced planning, my dear. I figured you would wash up near Miami if you made it out of the Sea of Monsters alive. Almost everything strange washes up near Miami.

  Rick Riordan

  Sea, Monsters, Annabeth

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• There!" Apollo pointed. "Long Island, dead ahead. Let's slow down, dear. 'Dead' is only an expression.

  Rick Riordan

  Islands, Expression, Long

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Titan's curse”

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• Oh my dear, idealists are the cruelest monsters of them all.

  Sarah Vowell

  Monsters, Idealist

  Sarah Vowell (2005). “Assassination Vacation”, p.219, Simon and Schuster

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• My dear, dear girl [. . .] we can't turn back the days that have gone. We can't turn life back to the hours when our lungs were sound, our blood hot, our bodies young. We are a flash of fire--a brain, a heart, a spirit. And we are three-cents-worth of lime and iron--which we cannot get back.

  Thomas Wolfe

  Girl, Heart, Iron

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• The vehemence of my moral indignation surprised me. Was I beginning to have standards and principles, and, oh dear, scruples? What were they, and what would I do with them, and how much were they going to get in my way?

  Elaine Dundy

  Principles, Vehemence, Way

  Elaine Dundy (2010). “The Dud Avocado”, p.80, New York Review of Books

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• Have you ever happened, reader, to feel that subtle sorrow of parting with an unloved abode? The heart does not break, as it does in parting with dear objects. The humid gaze does not wander around holding back a tear, as if it wished to carry away in it a trembling reflection of the abandoned spot; but in the best corner of our hearts we feel pity for the things which we did not bring to life with our breath, which we hardly noticed and are now leaving forever. This already dead iventory will not be resurrected in one's memory.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Memories, Heart, Reflection

  Vladimir Nabokov, Michael Scammell (1963). “The gift”

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• Bunbury? Oh, he was quite exploded. Exploded! Was he the victim of a revolutionary outrage? I was not aware that Mr. Bunbury was interested in social legislation. If so, he is well punished for his morbidity. My dear Aunt Augusta, I mean he was found out! The doctors found out that Bunbury could not , that is what I mean—so Bunbury died. He seems to have had great confidence in the opinion of his physicians.

  Oscar Wilde

  Mean, Aunt, Doctors

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• It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!" I shall only look up and say "Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebody else"--but, oh dear!' cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, 'I do wish they WOULD put their heads down! I am so VERY tired of being all alone here!

  Lewis Carroll

  Tired, Wish, Tears

  Lewis Carroll (2015). “Annotated Alice in Wonderland with English Grammar Exercises: by Lewis Carroll (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, p.13, Powell Publications, LLC

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• Living men are bound by time... Thus, their lives have an urgency. This gives them ambition. Makes them choose those things that are most important, cling more tightly to that which they hold dear. Their lives have seasons, and rites of passage, and consequences. And ultimately, an end. But what of a life with no urgency? What then of ambition? What then of love?

  Seth Grahame-Smith

  Love, Ambition, Men

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• And you are? (Xypher) Pissed off. You wrecked my car, shoved me around, and are a complete and utter dickhead! (Simone) Dear God, what a mouthful – your mom must have really wanted a son. Mind if I call you ‘Pissed’ for short? The rest of that is just too much to say every time I want your attention. (Xypher)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Mom, Son, Car

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• I would hold you up. I will ever hold you up and hold you dear, lover mine.

  J.R. Ward

  Lovers, Black Dagger Brotherhood, Mines

  J.R. Ward (2010). “Lover Mine: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.454, Penguin

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• Then you would hold me up, wouldn't you." He traced over her features with his fingertips. And as he did, for some strange reason, he felt the arms of infinity wrapping around them both, holding them close... linking them forever. Yes, he mouthed. I would hold you up. I will ever hold you up and hold you dear, lover mine.

  J.R. Ward

  Forever, Brotherhood, Arms

  J.R. Ward (2010). “Lover Mine: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.453, Penguin

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• Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities. It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Light, Giving, People

  Arthur Conan Doyle, General Press (2016). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels”, p.1557, GENERAL PRESS

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• You can't just throw people at all your problems, dear.

  Joss Whedon

  People, Problem

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• How terrible would it be to just wait there pathetically alone for him never to show up?" Eudoxia's expression grew more serious. "That's what you're doing anyway, my dear.

  Ann Brashares

  Expression, Waiting, Serious

  Ann Brashares (2011). “Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel”, p.226, Random House

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• There's a wonderful old Italian joke about a poor man who goes to church every day and prays before the statue of a great saint,'Dear saint-please, please, please...give me the grace to win the lottery.' This lament goes on for months. Finally the exasperated statue come to life, looks down at the begging man and says in weary disgust,'My son-please, please, please...buy a ticket.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Son, Italian, Winning

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• I search his eyes for the slightest sign of anything, fear, remorse, anger. But there's only the same look of amusement that ended our last conversation. It's as if he's speaking the words again. "Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought we had agreed not to lie to each other." He's right. We did. The point of my arrow shifts upward. I release the string. And President Coin collapses over the side of the balcony and plunges to the ground. Dead.

  Suzanne Collins

  Lying, Eye, Arrows

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• My dear girl. I am his family. I am permanent. You are only temporary.

  Veronica Roth

  Girl, Permanent, Temporary

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• Stop it!' He relented, so far as he could, stepping forward to take my head into his hands. 'Russell, once, only once, I was taken and suffered for it. Please, my dear wife, believe me, this is not the same situation...'...I turned back to Holmes and hissed, 'If you're wrong, I shall be extremely angry with you.' Then O kissed him hard on the lips, more threat than affection, and let him step back into his cell...'However, Russ? I think that, all in all, given the choice, I prefer you with the hair and without the moustache.

  Laurie R. King

  Believe, Taken, Thinking

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• Though I do not believe in the order of things, still the sticky little leaves that come out in the spring are dear to me, the blue sky is dear to me, some people are dear to me, whom one loves sometimes, would you believe it, without even knowing why; some human deeds are dear to me, which one has perhaps long ceased believing in, but still honors with one's heart, out of old habit..." --Ivan Karamazov

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Spring, Believe, Heart

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2002). “The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue”, p.230, Macmillan

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• Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life - well, valuable, but small - and sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around? I don't really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void. - You've Got Mail

  Nora Ephron

  Good Night, Book, Brave

  FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from Jul 05, 2013

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• I shall never love anybody. I can't love people. I hate them.' 'The time will come, dear, the time will come.

  George Eliot

  Hate, People, I Can

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.2860, Delphi Classics

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• Dear Valentine, I have thought of you often. Not all the time, but often.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Valentine, Thoughts Of You

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• Boot the grime of this world in the crotch dear.

  Steven Morrissey

  Boots, World, Grime

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