Quotes About Delicacy

Breathe gently here, for with fragility all is fraught, Here, in this workshop of the world, where wares of glass are wrought

That— we seemed to have decided without saying a word— might go a long way toward spoiling something that was special, and beautiful, by virtue of its strangeness and delicacy.

I love all things, not only the grand but the infinitely small: thimble, spurs, plates, flower vases.

The hippopotamus is said to have a tender heart by those who have eaten that delicacy baked, so a thick skin is not necessarily a reliable index to what is inside the man.

There is in youth a purity of character which, when once touched and defiled, can never be restored; a fringe more delicate than frost-work, and which, when torn and broken, can never be re-embroidered.

In my own speech the next morning, August 31, I had to walk a fine line.

I like to play the lute full-bloodedly, with passion, as well as with delicacy and, I hope, refinement.

I regard Chinese seafood cookery as among the best in the world.

I love hot edamame with truffle sauce.

The best part of shooting 'House of Cards' in Baltimore is eating lots of soft-shell crab.

Extracting the meat from a whole crab is a time-consuming job - picking all the meat out of the legs, claws and body, double-checking for bits of shells, etc. But the flavour makes it worth it, and you get the additional bonus of the crab shells to make a flavourful bisque or stock as a base for other dishes.

When you come to Jamaica, there's a handful of things you simply have to try that's right on the top of the list, and I think jerk chicken definitely has to be number one.

If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.

The girls were offered bone cups filled with wiggly white stuff

the faint-pink roses that have never been improved, but come to bud then open like little soft sighs

Mi atención se centró en todos aquellos detalles que resultan insoportablemente repugnantes a la delicadeza de los sentimientos humanos

The waitress came and put the drinks on the table. Murakami drained his in a single draught. Yukiko followed suit. "Ii yo," Murakami growled. Good. Yukiko set her glass down with practiced delicacy. Murakami looked at her. She returned the look, something almost theatrically nonchalant in her expression. The look went on for a long moment. Then he grinned and grabbed her hand.

I'm sorry for the ducks; I love foie gras.

It is sweet to dance to violins When love and life are fair: To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes Is delicate and rare: But it is not sweet with nimble feet To dance upon the air!

Andrés palpó la gasa delicadamente, llevándola hacia la ventana para mirar la luz que hería el recamado. Estuvo largo rato pensativo, examinando ese objeto vivo aún pero a punto de expirar, extendido levísimo en sus brazos, brillante en medio de todo el polvo.

Aware that she was on the edge of the abyss, that he must call her back very gently, he laid only the lightest of hands on her hair.

If there is one creature that represents my essence, it's butterflies.

We have very good fish in Iceland.

The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity.