dearness

How could he keep from rushing out and holding her dearness in his arms?

Does that keen awareness of the dearness of life last?

“Have I failed in fully representing the dearness and the pleasure?” she asked.

“Have I failed in fully representing the dearness and the pleasure? The dearness of my father, and the outrageous pleasure of being with him when he was in good form?”

He minds her death, is so sorry about it, but minded more the possibility of his memory failing to conjure up the dearness.