Fond

Famous quotes containing the word fond:

“I live on toasted lizards,
Prickly pears, and parrot gizzards,
And I’m really very fond of beetle-pie.”
—Charles Edward Carryl (1841–1920)

“The boatswain’s mate was very sedate,
Yet fond of amusement, too;
And he played hopscotch with the starboard watch,
While the captain tickled the crew.”
—Charles Edward Carryl (1841–1920)

“It further said, “The inhabitants of Sandwich generally manifest a fond and steady adherence to the manners, employments and modes of living which characterized their fathers,” which made me think that they were, after all, very much like the rest of the world.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)