he thinks that flowers are hauntingly delicate like a sigh…

... love is too delicate a flower to rise again when one has trampled it under foot.

— George Sand

It was October again ... a glorious October, all red and gold, with mellow mornings when the valleys were filled with delicate mists as…

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

...when I think of you it's with tears, because no one else has such delicate hands that can reach into my soul and calm…

— Anonymous

“Be quick to resolve conflicts before they mature to become wars. The energetic crocodile was once a delicate egg!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or…

— Charles Dickens

I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done…

— Annie Dillard

To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.

— Edmond Rostand

Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the…

— Howard Staunton

I hope the day will come when a wasp-waist and a pair of thin shoulders will not be esteemed beauty: we have had our…

— Julia McNair Wright

Ruin, eldest daughter of Zeus, she blinds us all, that fatal madness—she with those delicate feet of hers, never touching the earth, gliding over…

— Homer

Tachyon OPC+ is a natural extension of our market-winning Tachyon platform, giving customers a clear path to minimizing the OPC error budget and producing…

— Bill Vaughan

The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate.

— Jeffrey Wright

It's my intention to make something stand outside the realm of album art, but it also feels comfortable to me to be in it.…

— John Dyer Baizley

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

— Jenna Morasca

Mortals are such fragile things. Just tender feelings walking around exposed in their delicate shells...Easy to crush.

— Melissa Marr