Dear

Famous quotes containing the word dear:

    “Acquaintance; companion;
    One dear brilliant woman;
    The best-endowed, the elect,
    All by their youth undone,
    All, all, by that inhuman
    Bitter glory wrecked.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Thy due from me
    Is tears and heavy sorrows of the blood,
    Which nature, love, and filial tenderness
    Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “or the warm soft side
    Of the resigning yet resisting bride.
    The kiss of virgins first-fruits of the bed;
    Soft speech, smooth touch, the lips, the maidenhead;
    These and a thousand sweets could never be
    So near or dear as thou wast once to me.”
    —Robert Herrick (1591–1674)