--- title: "17 Hands Clenched Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Hands Clenched quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Hands Clenched sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/lloyd-alexander-1645_fists_we-hold-each-other-s-lives-in-our-open-h_2013736.png" --- > [We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/we-hold-each-other-s-lives-in-our-open-hands-not-in-clenched-fists/) [Lloyd Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/lloyd-alexander-1645_fists_we-hold-each-other-s-lives-in-our-open-h_2013736.png) > [You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-fist/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/indira-gandhi-1113_fist_you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-fi_716097.jpg) > [“You can't shake hands with a clenched first,' Sayegh said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaun-david-hutchinson/you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-first-sayegh-said/) [Shaun David Hutchinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaun-david-hutchinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/shaun-david-hutchinson-8024_shake-hands_you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-fi_2773511.jpg) > [“I sit, but I'm still stiff as a board. My hands are clenched tight, as if I'm holding my tears in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-morrill/i-sit-but-i-m-still-stiff-as-a-board-my-hands-are-clenched-tight-as/) [Lauren Morrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-morrill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f3/lauren-morrill-21584_tears_i-sit-but-i-m-still-stiff-as-a-board-my_367177.jpg) > [“Damen was breathing hard, his hands clenched into fists. How dare you talk that way about my father. The words were on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-pacat/damen-was-breathing-hard-his-hands-clenched-into-fists-how-dare-you/) [C.S. Pacat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-pacat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/c-s-pacat-628_parenting_damen-was-breathing-hard-his-hands-clenc_122049.jpg) > [“Mary’s hands clenched. She’d been through fire, what with a murder, and white supremacists. And what about Caroline, who had gone undercover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-rowland/mary-s-hands-clenched-she-d-been-through-fire-what-with-a-murder-and/) [Susan Rowland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-rowland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/susan-rowland-32047_action_mary-s-hands-clenched-she-d-been-through_1364901.jpg) > [“I would not have taken you on.” Jack’s hands were clenched tightly in his lap, working against each other, sweating. Officious little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-would-not-have-taken-you-on-jack-s-hands-were-clenched-tightly-in/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/stephen-king-13_hands-clenched_i-would-not-have-taken-you-on-jack-s-han_2696998.jpg) > [“Motherfucker! York was going to punch the shit out of Griffin directly after this session was over. If he so much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlene-hartnady/motherfucker-york-was-going-to-punch-the-shit-out-of-griffin-directly/) [Charlene Hartnady](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlene-hartnady/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/charlene-hartnady-40673_motherfucker_motherfucker-york-was-going-to-punch-the_499589.jpg) > [“The air felt thick with the feeling between us, like it was filling the room: a room full of our carnal heat,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-thrust/the-air-felt-thick-with-the-feeling-between-us-like-it-was-filling/) [Fiona Thrust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-thrust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b8/fiona-thrust-21064_alpha_the-air-felt-thick-with-the-feeling-betw_1252470.jpg) > [“She was looking, not at the spider, but at Neville, and Harry, following her gaze, saw that Neville’s hands were clenched upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling/she-was-looking-not-at-the-spider-but-at-neville-and-harry-following/) [J.K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/j-k-rowling-86_hands-clenched_she-was-looking-not-at-the-spider-but-at_152747.jpg) > [“Becky," he said. "Get in the car." "Becca," she corrected automatically. Her voice was breathy, her hands still clenched in fists. "For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigid-kemmerer/becky-he-said-get-in-the-car-becca-she-corrected-automatically-her/) [Brigid Kemmerer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigid-kemmerer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/brigid-kemmerer-2470_quote_becky-he-said-get-in-the-car-becca-she-c_2161047.jpg) > [“His hands clenched. "Sugar, I'm this close to tearing off your clothes and teaching you exactly how badly I take you keeping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalini-singh/his-hands-clenched-sugar-i-m-this-close-to-tearing-off-your-clothes/) [Nalini Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalini-singh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/nalini-singh-293_ashaya_his-hands-clenched-sugar-i-m-this-close_3080259.jpg) > [ . . . \[T\]o live not with hands clenched to grasp, to strike, to hold tight to a life that is always… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/t-o-live-not-with-hands-clenched-to-grasp-to-strike-to-hold-tight-to/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/frederick-buechner-883_giving_t-o-live-not-with-hands-clenched-to-gras_888838.png) > [When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?" He made a fist. "Why? Because a baby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/when-a-baby-comes-into-the-world-its-hands-are-clenched-right-like/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/mitch-albom-187_baby_when-a-baby-comes-into-the-world-its-han_479607.jpg) > [They held hands and knew that only the coffin would lie in the earth; the bubbly laughter and the press of fingers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/they-held-hands-and-knew-that-only-the-coffin-would-lie-in-the-earth/) [Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/toni-morrison-271_butterfly_they-held-hands-and-knew-that-only-the-c_2158835.jpg) > [“Now that child reminds me of something our sages taught. When a baby comes into the world, it's hands are clenched, right?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/now-that-child-reminds-me-of-something-our-sages-taught-when-a-baby/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/mitch-albom-187_children_now-that-child-reminds-me-of-something-o_819581.jpg) > [under his dripping hair, he was as white as parchment, his hands clenched at his sides so tightly that they were shaking.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/under-his-dripping-hair-he-was-as-white-as-parchment-his-hands/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f72/cassandra-clare-9_clear_under-his-dripping-hair-he-was-as-white_409301.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hands-clenched/#itemlist", "name": "Hands Clenched Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lloyd Alexander" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-alexander/we-hold-each-other-s-lives-in-our-open-hands-not-in-clenched-fists/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/lloyd-alexander-1645_fists_we-hold-each-other-s-lives-in-our-open-h_2013736.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/lloyd-alexander-1645_fists_we-hold-each-other-s-lives-in-our-open-h_2013736.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/lloyd-alexander-1645_fists_we-hold-each-other-s-lives-in-our-open-h_2013736.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.” — Lloyd Alexander", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Indira Gandhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-fist/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/indira-gandhi-1113_fist_you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-fi_716097.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/indira-gandhi-1113_fist_you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-fi_716097.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/indira-gandhi-1113_fist_you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-fi_716097.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.” — Indira Gandhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You can't shake hands with a clenched first,' Sayegh said.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shaun David Hutchinson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaun-david-hutchinson/you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-first-sayegh-said/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/shaun-david-hutchinson-8024_shake-hands_you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-fi_2773511.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/shaun-david-hutchinson-8024_shake-hands_you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-fi_2773511.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/shaun-david-hutchinson-8024_shake-hands_you-can-t-shake-hands-with-a-clenched-fi_2773511.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can't shake hands with a clenched first,' Sayegh said.” — Shaun David Hutchinson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I sit, but I'm still stiff as a board. 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York was going to punch the shit out of Griffin directly after this session was over. If he so much as laid a finger on her, he wasn’t sure he could wait until the session was over. His hands clenched at his sides and he suppressed a growl.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlene Hartnady" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlene-hartnady/motherfucker-york-was-going-to-punch-the-shit-out-of-griffin-directly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/charlene-hartnady-40673_motherfucker_motherfucker-york-was-going-to-punch-the_499589.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/charlene-hartnady-40673_motherfucker_motherfucker-york-was-going-to-punch-the_499589.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/charlene-hartnady-40673_motherfucker_motherfucker-york-was-going-to-punch-the_499589.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Motherfucker! 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