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The charming grass, elegant water, fascinating winds, admirable rocks and delicate sands are never alone. — Delano Johnson

She looks clumsy, beautiful. It's a beauty that could pierce the most delicate regions of the heart of the viewer. — Haruki Murakami

Being happy and being able to look yourself in the mirror while doing it is a delicate balance. — Jessica Ingro

A hero's love is as delicate as a maiden's. — Henry David Thoreau

She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love and thought and joy. — William Wordsworth

Swinging on delicate hinges the autumn leaf almost off the stem. — Jack Kerouac

It is a language which is being molded by writers to do delicate things and yet be in the grasp of superficially educated people. — Raymond Chandler

The way she felt almost delicate when she was pressed up against him like this. Almost fragile. Almost safe. Almost like a princess. — Marissa Meyer

My task is becoming more and more delicate, while the difficulties increase constantly. — Jean Moulin

Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power. — Milton Friedman

I've been a bad, bad girl - I've been careless with a delicate man. — Fiona Apple

I'm quite obsessed with the idea of nailing the girl friendship. It's such an art, so delicate. — Alanis Morissette

Taste is nothing but a delicate good sense. — Joseph Chenier

All those stories I've told you are as delicate as butterflies. — Arnold Arre

Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we may fall. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The craving for a delicate fruit is pleasanter than the fruit itself. — Johann Gottfried Herder

I love the feel of good quality Italian black lace that feels delicate and really feminine. — Nicole Trunfio

The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like themselves. — Catharine Beecher

Pure pragmatism can't imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can't get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation. — Simon Sinek

You know men. We have delicate egos. — Cassandra Clare

It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president. — Gore Vidal

Nice said Paul staring transfixed at Fran's delicate and extreme gaze, like that of a skeleton with eyeballs, or a person with their face peeled off. — Tao Lin

Necessity has a way of obliterating from our conduct various delicate scruples regarding honor and pride. — William Faulkner

To put it crudely, 'The Act of Killing' would blast open the space for the more delicate film, 'The Look of Silence,' to do its work. — Joshua Oppenheimer

Psychic beings are childlike, delicate and easily destroyed. — Frederick Lenz

Unless was a sword held carefully by the blade. A single slip and all the delicate designs could fall apart in a clatter of severed fingers. — Sean DeLauder

I do have a delicate side. — Michelle Rodriguez

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength. — Martha Graham

I began to make some money, but I could never bring myself to leave someone else in charge of the shop; the crystals are delicate things. — Paulo Coelho

When they confronted her like this, she felt like a delicate freaking time bomb just waiting for a time and a place to explode. — Missy Lyons

Since love is the most delicate and total act of a soul, it will reflect the state and nature of the soul. — Jose Ortega Y Gasset

May you sleep on the breast of your delicate friend — Sappho

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck. — Bobby Fischer

He kissed me as if I were something delicate and precious, something he cherished and held with reverence. "My first kiss. This is my first real kiss. — Emma Scott

Wars are not favourable to delicate pleasures. — J.R.R. Tolkien

It is remarkable that such delicate flowers should here adorn these wilderness paths. — Henry David Thoreau

The delicate thing that had grown between them had never had a right to exist. — C.S. Pacat

The reputation of a girl ... is a delicate thing. Like a mynah bird in your hands. slacken your grip and away it flies. — Khaled Hosseini

The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian. — Bayard Taylor

People pay attention to lyrics, and the race matter was delicate. — Charley Pride

Friendship is far more delicate than love. — Hester Lynch Piozzi

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Happiness lends poetic charms to woman, and dress adorns her like a delicate tinge of rouge. — Honore De Balzac

I know: yes, no, even I must tear off
The delicate daisy petals.
Everyone on earth is destined to feel
The torments of love. — Anna Akhmatova

[Her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light. There is something about her uncertain manner, as well as her white clothes, that suggests a moth.] — Tennessee Williams

Dictionary Definition of Delicacy 1. The quality or condition of being delicate, fragile, or sensitive. 2. Discretion, tact. — David Foenkinos

Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy. — Isabel Allende

I abhor violence. How many times do I have to say it? I am a delicate. Freakn'. Flower! — Eve Langlais

Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep! — Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent. — Natalie Portman

Memory, of all the powers of the mind, is the most delicate and frail. — Ben Jonson

As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream. — Damien Chazelle

Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints. — Evelyn Underhill

But thou that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation. — William Wordsworth

I used to think love was like falling into a swimming pool, but maybe it was as delicate and slow building as a drizzle that turned into a heavy rain. — Dannika Dark

One of the beauties of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' is the very delicate and strange relationship between the two main characters. — Stellan Skarsgard

The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air. — Bret Harte

This son of mine..is entirely sophisticated and quite charming- but delicate- we're all delicate; here, you know. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Economy without ecology means managing the human nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world — Satish Kumar

Delicate petals Flow open to receive me Sweetest kiss of all Holy — Delphine Dryden

To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

She seemed to him both powerful and delicate, like a wild thing that thrives in its place but withers when stolen away. — Eowyn Ivey

Meditation is the delicate art of doing nothing. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

While you make pretty speeches I'm being cut to shreds You feed me to the lions A delicate balance — Thom Yorke

Mortals are such fragile things. Just tender feelings walking around exposed in their delicate shells ... Easy to crush. — Melissa Marr

Beginnings are such delicate times. — Frank Herbert

That most sensitive, most delicate of instruments
the mind of a little child! — Henry Handel Richardson

The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war. — Napoleon Bonaparte

He who is not sage and wise, humane and just, cannot use secret agent.s. And he who is not delicate and subtle cannot get the truth out of them. — Sun Tzu

Christian is staring at us. He's an only child and could never understand the delicate joys of sibling abuse. — Cynthia Hand

Gloves make you so much more delicate. — Karine Vanasse

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it. — Madame De Stael

Mind your words, dear writer for you are holding a delicate reader in them. — Maria Stoica

I wouldn't describe it like that. It was . . . hazardous and delicate. I've had easier times disarming explosives . . . — Amy A. Bartol

There is always a very delicate interplay between individual actions and institutional conditions. — Cornel West

Within my palm there is a world, a world as delicate as a bubble! — Preeth Nambiar

All those little congruences and arabesques you prepared with such delicate anticipatory pleasure are gobbled up as if by pigs at a pastry cart. — John Updike

I love the intimate, single spotlight, troubadour-y quiet, delicate moments. But I also love Springsteen and screaming and shouting. — James Bay

No delicate breeze brings comfort with icy breath of wind
to the hearts which pant on the flames. — Seneca.

There is no room in war for delicate machinery. — Archibald Wavell

The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate. — Daisaku Ikeda

Many tender, delicate mothers, seem to think that to make their children eat, is all that is requisite to make them great. — Sarah Josepha Hale

When every piece falls into place, it's like a dance, a delicate but powerful balancing act. The art of holding on and letting go at the same time. — Kristin Bartley Lenz

I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive. — Jerry Seinfeld

Upon the delicate chin you turned
Venus had set her cloven sign.
Like embers seen through darkest wine
Your unextinguished tresses burned. — Clark Ashton Smith

I heard no longer The snowy-banded, dilettante, Delicate-handed priest intone. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

Claws." She pointed to her pussy. "Delicate bits." She shook her finger at him. "So not chocolate and peanut butter. — Dana Marie Bell

Why do
You thus devise
Evil against her?' 'For that
She is beautiful, delicate;
Therefore. — Adelaide Crapsey

as if we were both trying to get on a see-saw at the same time - neither of us pressed too hard and a delicate equilibrium was allowed to persist. — Zadie Smith

The soul is soft, beautiful, delicate, fun-loving, and always blooming. To nurture the soul, it needs sunshine and unconditional self-love. — Debasish Mridha

The office of the lawyer ... is too delicate, personal and confident to be occupied by a corporation. — Robert H. Jackson

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. — Max Beerbohm

Her mother walk all the way back to their car, hand in hand, like two jewels on a delicate strand that might at any moment be broken. — Jodi Picoult

I would wash the dust of the world in a soft green flood. Here between sea and sea in a fairy wood, I have found a delicate wave-green solitude. — Arthur Symons

Safe? Her voice was small, timid and delicate. But beautiful. The one word chimed like little bells. Her first word spoken to me. — Patricia Lynne

A delicate thought is a flower of the mind. — Charles Rollin

When he smiled, she saw that his mouth was full of little hooks, rows of them, each as small and delicate as a sewing needle. — Joe Hill

Topography displays no favorites; North's as near as West.
More delicate than the historians' are the map-makers' colors. — Elizabeth Bishop

The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing ... it's why people tend to work together on many films over and over. — Sydney Pollack