Delicate Quotes

575 quotes by 464 authors

Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump for a lifetime, seventy times a minute, and scarcely falter along the… — Neil Gaiman
Iâ€™ll have you know that the most delicate flowers often produce the strongest scent when crushed. — Maria V. Snyder
We are not grand because we are at the top of the food chain or because we can alter our environment - the environment will… — Aron Ralston
You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making. As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
She wore tight corsets to give her a teeny waist - I helped her lace them up - but they had the effect of causing… — Jeannette Walls
Your language, dear," Victoria reproved gently. "A lady never curses in public. There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego." Keiley paused.… — Lora Leigh
I have an apple that thinks its a pear. And a bun that thinks itâ€™s a cat. And a lettuce that thinks its a lettuce."… — Patrick Rothfuss
Vella looked around. "This is really a revolting place, Yarblek," she told him. "You've been spending too much time with Porenn," he said. "You're starting… — David Eddings
One series of notes, high and delicate, sang of a sweet moonlight kiss gone sour; another line of music rippled with regret over opportunities forever… — Sharon M. Draper
What they had between them was still as fragile as flickering candle flame, as delicate as eggshell - and he knew that if it shattered,… — Cassandra Clare
There is nothing worse than silence, strung like heavy beads on too delicate a conversation. — Jodi Picoult
William: I just had the best idea ever. Let's give Maddox a ring. Paris: You mean propose to him? To grumpy ole Maddox? Willie, why… — Gena Showalter
Writing is the delicate, difficult, and dangerous means of succeeding in avowing the unavowable. — Helene Cixous
Why did they make birds so delicate and fine as those sea swallows when the ocean can be so cruel? — Ernest Hemingway
Haply for I am black, And have not those soft parts of conversation That chamberers have; or for I am declined Into the vale of… — William Shakespeare
I love you, rotten, Delicious rottenness. ...wonderful are the hellish experiences, Orphic, delicate Dionysos of the Underworld. — D. H. Lawrence
At first Babel longed for the use of just two words: Yes and No. But he knew that just to utter a single word would… — Nicole Krauss
Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys. — Oscar Wilde
A teenage girl lay asleep on the sofa, curled up under a red-and-black knitted afghan. She was on her side, with one slender arm cradling… — L.A. Weatherly
Nick spoke for the first time. "Can I go to the nurse's office too?" Ms. Popplewell looked at him It obviously took her only one… — Sarah Rees Brennan

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