#delight

I do not question the power of our weapons and the efficiency of our logistics; I cannot say these things delight me as the y seem to delight some of our officials, but they are certainly impressive. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

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Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

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Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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I was absolutely delighted that those shows have been preserved. ↗

— Patrick Macnee

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She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner of the streets of life they of a sudden greet us with a smile. ↗

— Gerald Massey

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The short English miles are delightful for walking. You are always pleased to find, every now and then, in how short a time you have walked a mile, though, no doubt, a mile is everywhere a mile, I walk but a moderate pace, and can accomplish four English miles in an hour. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

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Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

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Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

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