Cupped Quotes
38 quotes by 32 authors
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The sky is purple, the flare of a match behind a cupped hand is gold; the liquor is green, bright green, made from a thousand…
— Poppy Z. Brite
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At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a long time. It tastes…
— Mary Oliver
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You can’t go back. Can’t fix what broke. But you can go forward. And every step matters. Every one makes a difference.†She pushed away…
— Nora Roberts
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...they cupped their wings around their happiness and called it a world, though they both knew it was not a world, only a hiding place,…
— Laini Taylor
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He stopped, turned. He cupped his hands around his mouth. ''For you a thousand times over!'' he said. Then he smiled his Hassan smile and…
— Khaled Hosseini
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I turned around slowly, and looked up at him. He stiffened and sucked in a shallow breath. After a moment, he touched my cheek. "Such…
— Karen Marie Moning
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What does kiciciyapi mitawa mean?" He kept his head on her breasts. "What?" "You called me kicicyapi mitawa. It sounded so beautiful. It wasn't Japanese.…
— Christine Feehan
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I love you, Rylann." He cupped her face, peering down into her eyes. "And now I finally have a good answer to the one question…
— Julie James
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Blood is thicker than water, my mother had always said when I was growing up, a sentiment I’d often disputed. But it turned out that…
— Cheryl Strayed
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In you is the illusion of each day. You arrive like the dew to the cupped flowers. You undermine the horizon with your absence. Eternally…
— Pablo Neruda
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We need to talk.†“I’m just – Look,†I said, as he took a step toward me. “I’m just going to give Cee Cee a…
— Meg Cabot
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Evie hadn’t always felt that way. For a year after James had died, she’d cupped his half-dollar pendant between her pressed palms and prayed fervently…
— Libba Bray
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He caught me to him and cupped my cheek in one hand. “I want to keep feeling the way I feel when I’m with you.…
— Sylvia Day
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Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never…
— Ken Follett
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Oh! Your hand is cold." Ashley cupped her fingers against her shirt to warm them. "I've been dead for seven years," Noah said. "That's as…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Galen cupped her cheek with his uninjured hand, his thumb caressing the rise of satin-covered bone. She trembled, but didn’t pull away.
— Gena Showalter
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Abby,†he murmured, lifting a hand to curve around her neck. “I love you.†A sob slipped free and she wrapped her arms around his…
— Shiloh Walker
Who Wrote These Cupped Quotes
32 authors contributed a total of 38 Cupped Quotes, led by these top contributors: