Dear

Famous quotes containing the word dear:

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalms, 116:15.

In the Book of Common Prayer, the lines are rendered: “Right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” (Psalm 116:13)

“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)

“Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph—green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree.”
—Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)