Delighted Quotes - Page 11

• That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.

  Jane Austen

  Children, Long, Prejudice

  Jane Austen (2010). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.94, Giunti Editore

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• What a delighted fascination it is, to stand aside and watch our dearest friend perform on stage without us.

  Richard Bach

  Fascination, Watches, Stage

  7 Copy quote

• If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?

  George Carlin

  Musician, Lawyer, Clergymen

  24 Copy quote

• I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Truth, Lying, Science

  "What is Art?". Book by Leo Tolstoy, Ch. 14, 1897.

  62 Copy quote

  Show source

• She was the only doctor's wife in Branford, Maine, who hung her wash on an outdoor clothesline instead of putting it through a dryer, because she liked to look out the window and see the clothes blowing in the wind. She had been especially delighted, one day, when one sleeve of the top of her husband's pajamas, prodded by the stiff breeze off the bay, reached over and grabbed her nightgown around the waist.

  Lois Lowry

  Husband, Doctors, Wind

  Lois Lowry (1978). “Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye”, p.6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• A soft Sea washed around the House A Sea of Summer Air And rose and fell the magic Planks That sailed without a care — For Captain was the Butterfly For Helmsman was the Bee And an entire universe For the delighted crew.

  Emily Dickinson

  Summer, Butterfly, Air

  Emily Dickinson, Frances Schoonmaker Bolin (1994). “Emily Dickinson”, p.36, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Christ asks for a home in your soul, where he can be at rest with you, where he can talk easily to you, where you and he, alone together, can laugh and be silent and be delighted with one another.

  Caryll Houselander

  Home, Laughing, Soul

  Caryll Houselander, Thomas Hoffman (2000). “A Child in Winter: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany with Caryll Houselander”, p.80, Rowman & Littlefield

  54 Copy quote

  Show source

• The younger and healthier a woman is and the more her new and glossy body seems destined for eternal freshness, the less useful is artifice; but the carnal weakness of this prey that man takes and its ominous deterioration always have to be hidden from him...In any case, the more traits and proportions of a woman seem contrived, the more she delighted the heart of man because she seemed to escape the metamorphosis of natural things. The result is this strange paradox that by desiring to grasp nature, but transfigured, in woman, man destines her to artifice.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Heart, Men, Weakness

  10 Copy quote

• I don't know many rules to live by,' he'd said. 'But here's one. It's simple. Don't put anything unnecessary into yourself. No poisons or chemicals, no fumes or smoke or alcohol, no sharp objects, no inessential needles--drug or tattoo--and...no inessential penises either.' 'Inessential penises?' Karou had repeated, delighted with the phrase in spite of her grief. 'Is there any such thing as an essential one?' 'When an essential one comes along, you'll know,' he'd replied.

  Laini Taylor

  Tattoo, Grief, Simple

  Laini Taylor (2011). “Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy”, p.21, Hachette UK

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Would you like to assist me with my choice of underwear as well?” My sarcasm whistled right over his head. “I would be delighted. While I’d love to see you in a balconette bra, I’m afraid for this particular occasion I would have to go with a foam-lined seamless due to the tight fit of the garment across your breasts . . . Perhaps I could come over and review what you have available . . .

  Ilona Andrews

  Sarcasm, Choices, Foam

  4 Copy quote

• Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children's approach to life. They're people who don't give a hang what the Joneses do. You see them at Disneyland every time you go there. They are not afraid to be delighted with simple pleasures, and they have a degree of contentment with what life has brought - sometimes it isn't much, either.

  Walt Disney

  Motivational, Children, Growing Up

  14 Copy quote

• The storm ate up September’s cry of despair, delighted at its mischief, as all storms are.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Despair, Storm, September

  Catherynne M. Valente (2014). “The Fairyland Series”, p.241, Macmillan

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic animals and birds in the prison. And I wonder what other activity could better have softened and refined their harsh and brutal natures than this. But it was not allowed. Neither the regulations nor the nature of the prison made it possible.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Animal, Numbers, Bird

  13 Copy quote

• I could point out that that's not a dress, that's underwear, but I doubt it would be in my best interest." "Need I remind you," said Sebastian, "That that is my sister?" "Most brother's would be delighted to see such a clean-cut gentleman as myself squiring their sister's about town.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Cutting, Gentleman

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.2070, Simon and Schuster

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Content in a way he’d rarely been before Mercy, he simply stroked her until she purred. It delighted him as it always did. “I made you purr.” A lazy yawn. “I’m faking it.

  Nalini Singh

  Lazy, Way, Mercy

  Nalini Singh (2012). “Tangle of Need: A Psy-Changeling Novel”, p.152, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If anyone's under a spell, Justina, it's me. Your daughter put one on me five years ago, and I haven't broken free of it yet. Oh, and you'll be delighted to know, we've decided to resume our relationship. Don't bother with congratulations—trust me, your expression is congratulations enough.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Daughter, Congratulations, Expression

  Jeaniene Frost (2010). “One Foot in the Grave: A Night Huntress Novel”, p.80, Hachette UK

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Brandon is just the kind of man whom every body speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to.

  Jane Austen

  Men, Body, Care

  Jane Austen (2007). “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen”, p.32, Wordsworth Editions

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Most people are only too delighted to wreck each other's heads. And for the tiny minority who do their pathetic best not to, this world is going to go right ahead and make sure they do it anyway.

  Tana French

  People, World, Wrecks

  Tana French (2010). “Faithful Place: Dublin Murder Squad: 3”, p.428, Hachette UK

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Cleanliness', chuckled Sir Benjamin, noting his great niece's delighted smile as her eyes rested upon him, 'comes next to godliness, eh, Maria?

  Elizabeth Goudge

  Niece, Eye, Next

  Elizabeth Goudge (2001). “The Little White Horse”, p.39, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Then she added in a sort of childish delight: 'We'll be poor, won't we? Like people in books. And I'll be an orphan and utterly free. Free and poor! What fun!' She stopped and raised her lips to him in a delighted kiss. 'It's impossible to be both together,' said John grimly. 'People have found that out. And I should choose to be free as preferable of the two.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Fun, Book, Kissing

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2008). “Babylon Revisited: And Other Stories”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• May I say that I am delighted that my favorite alpha is feeling better. Why, you'll be running recklessly into danger against overwhelming odds anytime now.

  Ilona Andrews

  Running, Feel Better, Odds

  4 Copy quote

• By the way, Doctor, I shall want your cooperation.' 'I shall be delighted.' 'You don't mind breaking the law?' 'Not in the least.' 'Nor running a chance of arrest?' 'Not in a good cause.' 'Oh, the cause is excellent!' 'Then I am your man.' 'I was sure that I might rely on you.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Running, Men, Law

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes”, p.172, Race Point Publishing

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION: WHAT SCENES ONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FILMED Shakespeare in the part of the King's Ghost. The beheading of Louis the Sixteenth, the drums drowning his speech on the scaffold. Herman Melville at breakfast, feeling a sardine to his cat. Poe's wedding. Lewis Carroll's picnics. The Russians leaving Alaska, delighted with the deal. Shot of a seal applauding.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Kings, Cat, Alaska

  13 Copy quote

• She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous.

  Jane Austen

  Ridiculous, Disposition, Lively

  13 Copy quote

• Pet the cat dude," says Sam. "She brought you a present. She wants you to tell her how badass she is." "You are a tiny tiny killing machine." Daneca coos. "What's she doing?" I ask. "Purring!" says Daneca. She sounds delighted. "Good kitty. Who's an amazing killing machine? That's right. You are! You are a brutal brutal tiny lion! Yes, you are.

  Holly Black

  Badass, Cat, Pet

  4 Copy quote