Dear

Famous quotes containing the word dear:

    “Sir Toby Belch. Pourquoi, my dear knight?
    Sir Andrew Aguecheek. What is “pourquoi?” Do, or not do? I would I had bestowed that time in the tongues that I have in fencing, dancing, and bear-baiting. O had I but followed the arts!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “All I have to do
    is hear his name
    and every hair on my body
    just bristles with desire.
    When I see
    the moon of his face,
    this frame of mine
    oozes sweat like a moonstone.
    When that man
    as dear to me as breath
    steps close enough to me
    to stroke my neck,
    the thought of jealousy
    is shattered in my heart
    that’s hard as diamond
    sometimes.”
    —Amaru (c. seventh century A.D.)

    “Oh my swan, my drudge, my dear wooly rose,
    even a notary would notarize our bed
    as you knead me and I rise like bread.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)