Dear Quotes

• But perhaps this is all to the good. Perhaps it’s best to live with the possibility that around any corner, at any time, may come the person who reminds you of your own capacity to surprise yourself, to put at risk everything that’s dear to you. Who reminds you of the distances we have to bridge to begin to know anything about one another. Who reminds you that what seems to be—even about yourself—may not be. That like him, you need to be forgiven.

  

  Sue Miller
  • Risk
  • Distance
  • Surprise

• I think Americans really need to start thinking globally. As resources become more dear, we will be pulled closer to the rest of the world anyway.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • World
  • Thinking
  • Needs

• Dear God. She ached, wanting something that she knew was a sin. Wanting a man who was sin itself.

  

  Elizabeth Hoyt
  • Men
  • Sin
  • Dear

• Before I went to the Mess I made the excuse I wanted to get something out of my aeroplane, and climbed into the cockpit; I did this, however, to be able to say good-bye to the old dear; and I really felt dreadfully sorry to part with her. I get very attached to aeroplanes, and I am one of those people who think that they aren't so inanimate as we are told they are.

  

  Charles Rumney Samson
  • People
  • Excuse
  • Mess

• Oh dear,"cried Rhonda just then, for Mr. Benedict, awash in strong emotion, has gone to sleep.with a sudden loud snore he toppled forward into the attentive arms of Rhonda and Number Two, who eased him to the floor. "What's wrong with him?" Constance asked. "He has narcolepsy," said Kate. "He steals a lot?" "That's kleptomania," Sticky said. "Mr. Benedict sleeps a lot.

  

  Trenton Lee Stewart
  • Strong
  • Sleep
  • Emotion

• I'm sorry to say my dear wife is a dreamer, and as she dreams she gets paler and leaner. Then be off to your Dream, with his fly-away hat, I stay with the girls who are happy and fat.

  

  Stevie Smith
  • Dream
  • Girl
  • Wife

• Treat yourself as if you were someone inexpressibly dear to you.

  

  Agapi Stassinopoulos
  • Yourself
  • Treat
  • Dear

• Our object should not be to have scripture on our side but to be on the side of scripture; and however dear any sentiment may have become by being long entertained, so soon as it is seen to be contrary to the Bible, we must be prepared to abandon it without hesitation.

  

  William Symington
  • Long
  • Scripture
  • Abandon

• Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.

  

  Cato the Elder
  • Want
  • Needs
  • Dear

• This passion, and the death of a dear friend, would go near to make a man look sad.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Men
  • Passion
  • Dear

• I think as resources become more dear, we really need to consider population.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
  • Thinking
  • Needs
  • Resources

• So mayst thou live, dear! many years, In all the bliss that life endears

  

  Thomas Hood
  • Years
  • Birthday
  • Bliss

• All we have to do is listen. The Good Lord gave us two ears and only one mouth, my dear white-headed mother used to say.

  

  Stephen Fry
  • Mother
  • Lord
  • Dear

• My dear sir, it haunted me for the rest of my life.

  

  Peter O'Toole
  • Dear

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