To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch their renewal of life — this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.
—Charles Dudley Warner
Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.
—Milan Kundera
Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.
—Daniel Boone
The world's as ugly as sin, and almost as delightful.
—Frederick Locker-Lampson
The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our delight and great surprise, we may find our own vision reflected.
—Salman Rushdie