Quotes about Delicacy

Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.

The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

soufflés can be very tricky

Every flower seems to burn by itself, softly, purely in the misty beds; and how she loved the grey-white moths spinning in and out, over the cherry pie, over the evening primroses!

One rose leaf, falling from an enormous height, like a little parachute dropped from an invisible balloon, turns, flutters waveringly.

Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

Not to put too fine a point upon it.

A good cut of steak is always a go-to splurge.

Tread Lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow.

I've had only two regular women. I liked the small breakable thing inside each one. Whatever their personality, smarts, or looks, something soft lay inside each. Like a bird's breastbone, shaped and chosen to wish on. A little V, thinner than bone and lightly hinged, that I could break with a forefinger if I wanted to, but never did. Want to, I mean. Knowing it was there, hiding from me, was enough.

We tiptoed around each other like heartbreaking new friends.

In the case of sand as in that of woman, there is a fineness which is treacherous.