Splendid Quotes

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You have splendid breasts, lass," he purred, cupping the plump mounds. "Splendid," he repeated stupidly, and she almost laughed. Men loved breasts any shape or… — Karen Marie Moning
You see how it is godlike to love the being of someone. Your existence is a delight to us. I hope you never have to… — Marilynne Robinson
What is it about wearing a tuxedo or that little black dress, that makes us feel confident, beautiful, splendid, even invincible? We put on formal… — Vera Nazarian
But whenever one meets modern thinkers (as one often does) progressing towards a madhouse, one always finds, on inquiry, that they have just had a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Clayton," she said softly, her voice threaded with tears, "when Vanessa asked about my accomplishments tonight, I forgot to mention that I do have one.… — Judith McNaught
Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell herâ€¦ — Louisa May Alcott
â€¦what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst. — Louisa May Alcott
Let us remember that animals are not mere resources for human consumption. They are splendid beings in their own right, who have evolved alongside us… — Marc Bekoff
That's one splendid thing about such affairs â€” it's so lovely to look back to them. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
A man bumps me on his busy way without so much as an apology. But that is all right. I forgive you, busy man about… — Libba Bray
Mr. Crossley suddenly wondered why he was why he was worrying about the note. It was only a joke, after all. He cleared his throat.… — Diana Wynne Jones
This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures. — Rudyard Kipling
To dream in isolation can be properly splendid to be sure; but to dream in company seems to me infinitely preferable. — Clive Barker
Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less. — Victor Hugo
Nevertheless, his moustachios are splendid. — Elizabeth Gaskell
My dowry is thirty-five. A year.â€ His brows climbed. â€œYouâ€™re joking.â€ â€œI would never joke about money with a notorious thief. Just imagine, in a… — Shana Abe
Well, very splendid and very frightening. But splendid things are often frightening. Sometimes, it's the fright that makes them splendid at all. — Catherynne M. Valente
My voice, at first rough and breaking on the high notes, warms up into something splendid. A voice that would make the mockingjays fall silent… — Suzanne Collins
It is a splendid thing to think that the woman you really love will never grow old to you. Through the wrinkles of time, through… — Robert Green Ingersoll
I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people deceiving one another… — Osamu Dazai

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