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Sweet Quotes - Page 128

A girl's not a watermelon you plug a hole in to see if it's sweet.

A girl's not a watermelon you plug a hole in to see if it's sweet.

Jeffrey Eugenides (2011). “The Marriage Plot: A Novel”, p.148, Macmillan

O land and soil, red soil and sweet-gum tree, So scant of grass, so profligate of pines

Jean Toomer (1988). “The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer”, p.26, UNC Press Books

Charity is that sweet-smelling savor of Jesus Christ, which vanishes and is extinguished from the moment that it is exposed.

Jean-Baptiste Massillon (1845). “Sermons of John-Baptist Massillon, Bishop of Clermon, to which is prefixed the life of the author, from the last London edition”, p.198

I was a very quiet kid. A really sweet kid, I might add.

"Janet Jackson on body image, self-acceptance" by Alison Prato, www.cnn.com. November 29, 2010.

He'd do what he always did, find the sweet among the bitter.

Jamie Ford (2011). “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet”, p.240, Allison & Busby

Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue.

John Keats, James Russell Lowell (1854). “The Poetical Works of John Keats: With a Life”, p.17

Beauty hath no true glass, except it be in the sweet privacy of loving eyes.

James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.51

A mother's love — how sweet the name! What is a mother's love? — A noble, pure and tender flame, Enkindled from above, To bless a heart of earthly mould; The warmest love that can grow cold; This is a mother's love.

Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1830). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume”, p.335