Sweet

Famous quotes containing the word sweet:

    “With astonishment Aschenbach noticed that the boy was entirely beautiful. His countenance, pale and gracefully reserved, was surrounded by ringlets of honey-colored hair, and with its straight nose, its enchanting mouth, its expression of sweet and divine gravity, it recalled Greek sculpture of the noblest period.”
    —Thomas Mann (1875–1955)

    “A face peered. All the grey night
    In chaos of vacancy shone;
    Naught but vast sorrow was there—
    The sweet cheat gone.”
    —Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)

    “Only the actions of the just
    Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.”
    —James Shirley (1596–1666)