And this is the marvel of marvels; that he called me…

My Chosen Daughter, No one can define you without your permission. I want you to be so secure in who you are in Me…

— God

Why should the Marquis de Cussy wage war on soup? I cannot understand a dinner without it. I hold soup to be the well…

— Marie-Antoine Careme

Beloved, let your eyes half close, and your heart beat Over my heart, and your hair fall over my breast, Drowning love's lonely hour…

— William Butler Yeats

I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you.

— Teresa of Avila

A lover asked his beloved, Do you love yourself more than you love me? Beloved replied, I have died to myself and I live…

— Anonymous

He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,…

— Martin Luther

My beloved like a jewel on my crown, In my vast and blue sky you are like a full-moon. I wish to stay entrapped…

— Ranjan Dey

Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What will enthrall the beloved this way is the glory…

— John Piper

Rest you well, beloved Jesus, Caesar’s Lord and Israel’s King, In the brooding of the Spirit, in the darkness of the spring

— N. T. Wright

My beloved friend - one of the most unique and charming personalities of our time.

— Lewis Carroll

A lover goes toward his beloved as enthusiastically as a schoolboy leaving his books, but when he leaves his girlfriend, he feels as miserable…

— William Shakespeare

I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what its like to lose a beloved parent.

— Simone Elkeles

My beloved dog defied treatment from the best and most expensive veterinarians, holistic practitioners, trainers, and animal communicators. He was simply beyond my ability…

— Jon Katz

Perhaps if only once you did enjoy The thousandth part of all the happiness A heart beloved enjoys, returning love, Repentant, you would surely…

— Torquato Tasso

Wicked sons do not have the Holy Ghost in the same way as do beloved sons, and yet they do have Baptism. So, too,…

— Saint Augustine