Quotes by Hands To the highest leadership among women it is given to hold steadily in one hand the sacred vessels that hold the ancient sanctities of life, and in the other a flaming torch to light the way for oncoming generations. Anna Garlin Spencer momlighthands It had been an awful thing to lose Henry the first time, to matrimony, but to discover what a false front he was capable of was another kind of blow, and it had left her almost speechless. Then there was the fury with herself—for she had known what Henry’s love was, and still she had gone back to suffer a little more at his hands. Anna Godbersen sufferingblowhands Henry turned his hat in his hands but went on looking at Diana in a way that made her want to crawl into his arms and stay there forever. Anna Godbersen wantforeverhands Writing down your thoughts is both necessary and harmful. It leads to eccentricity, narcissism, preserves what should be let go. On the other hand, these notes intensify the inner life, which, left unexpressed, slips through your fingers. If only I could find a better kind of journal, humbler, one that would preserve the same thoughts, the same flesh of life, which is worth saving. Anna Kamienska letting-gowritinghands The hand will often reveal more than the countenance. Anna Katharine Green countenancehands When life hands you lemons - SQUAT! Squats make everything better. And if squats don't, bacon will Anna Lee lemonssquathands Ah, the feeling you get holding a diamond in your hand! It seems to bore into your skin, to burn, to breathe. It's like holding a bit of the moon in your hand. Anna Magnani moonjewelshands I always have music on unless I'm reading aloud, which I always do before I hand anything in. It's the only way to know if a sentence really works, without clunks or cul-de-sac clauses. Anna Quindlen readinghandsway I like to say that my mother had a very ordinary life. From the outside it didn't look like there was anything particularly special or wonderful about it, but when you watch somebody hold on to that life with both hands, it makes you think that life must be pretty damn good. Anna Quindlen motherhandsthinking I conveniently forgot to remember that people only have two hands, or, as another parent once said of having a third child, it's time for a zone defense instead of man-to-man. Anna Quindlen menchildrenhands God bless the physician who warms the speculum or holds your hand and looks into your eyes. Perhaps one subtext of the health caredebate is a yen to be treated like a whole person, not just an eye, an ear, a nose or a throat. A yen to be human again, on the part of patient and doctor alike. Anna Quindlen medicineeyehands Oh! if people knew what a comfort to a horse a light hand is. Anna Sewell horselighthands He said cruelty was the devil's own trade-mark, and if we saw any one who took pleasure in cruelty we might know who he belonged to, for the devil was a murderer from the beginning, and a tormentor to the end. On the other hand, where we saw people who loved their neighbors, and were kind to man and beast, we might know that was God's mark. Anna Sewell menhandspeople Opportunities and choices. When a person makes a heart wish, that wish resonates through the currents and things will happen to give the person an opportunity to make the wish come true. Like a hand offered and accepted. Anne Bishop heartopportunityhands Fingers get habits - have memories of their own. Anne Bosworth Greene habitmemorieshands I am obnoxious to each carping tongue/ Who says my hand a needle better fits./ A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong/ For such despite they cast on female wits;/ If what I do prove well, it won't advance,/ They'll say it's stolen, or else, it was by chance. Anne Bradstreet tonguefemalehands I am obnoxious to each carping tongue who says my hand a needle better fits. Anne Bradstreet tonguefithands Some laborers have hard hands, and old sinners have brawny consciences. Anne Bradstreet laborershardhands If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. Anne Bronte lovehandsson Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them. Anne Bronte reasonhearthands«2627282930313233343536»
