Exquisite Quotes

360 quotes by 241 authors

Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of… — Thomas Noon Talfourd
We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light! — Hafez
Defining oneself is a revolutionary act, and, as described in her memoir, Janet Mock fiercely fought to free herself with exquisite bravery and sensitivity. Redefining… — Michaela Angela Davis
Here is something you have to understand about stories: They point you in the right direction but they can't take you all the way there.… — Diana Abu-Jaber
The instant of birth is exquisite. Pain and joy are one at this moment. Ever after, the dim recollection is so sweet that we speak… — Unknown Author
More seldom than not, the movies gives us exquisite sex and wholesome violence, that underscores our values. Every two child did. I will. — George W. Bush
What a pity flowers can utter no sound!-A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ... oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would… — Henry Ward Beecher
Gary Snyder's The Practice of the Wild is an exquisite, far-sighted articulation of what freedom, wildness, goodness, and grace mean, using the lessons of the… — Gretel Ehrlich
Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Rippling, rippling, rippling, like a flapping overlapping of soft flames, soft as feathers, running to points of brilliance, exquisite, exquisite and melting her all molten… — D. H. Lawrence
Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy - the joy of being Salvador DalÃ - and I ask myself in rapture:… — Salvador Dali
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine. — Benjamin Franklin
I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
The writer doesnâ€™t write for the reader. He doesnâ€™t write for himself, either. He writes to serveâ€¦something. Somethingness. The somethingness that is sheltered by the… — Joy Williams
Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because… — Lynn Abbey
Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering. — Desiderius Erasmus
Packs a Huge Emotional Punch! Graceful Writing, Great Acting, Exquisite Direction, Suspense, Profound Subject Matter and It Rocks! — Rex Reed
I am not sure that the discovery of love is necessarily more exquisite than the discovery of poetry. — Marguerite Yourcenar
Major Trends [is] the canonical modern work on the nature and history of Jewish mysticism. For a sophisticated understanding, not only of the dynamics of… — Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
There is nothing that stirs in the whole world of thought to which sorrow does not vibrate in terrible and exquisite pulsation. — Oscar Wilde

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