#delight

Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. ↗

— Robert Hall

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Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love. ↗

— John Locke

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All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel the roughness of a carpet under smooth soles, a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones are moving easily under the flesh. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#feeling #gratitude #life #sanity #life

Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice. ↗

— Nora Roberts

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It is so delightful to teach those one loves! ↗

— Andrew Lang

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When infuriated by an outrageous column, do not be suckered into responding with an abusive e-mail. Pundits so targeted thumb through these red-faced electronic missives with delight, saying 'Hah! Got to 'em.' ↗

— William Safire

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Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock. ↗

— John Barrymore

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But I am delighted to be a Dodger, I grew up a Dodger fan and now my dreams have really come true. ↗

— Milton Bradley

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Intelligence is nothing without delight. ↗

— Paul Claudel

#intelligence #nothing #without

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage. ↗