Finger Quotes
984 Finger quotes by 749 unique authors
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By a man's finger-nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boots, by his trouser-knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression, by…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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The weight of the world is on our shoulders, its vision is through our eyes; if we blink or look aside, or turn back to…
— Virginia Woolf
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With a secret smile, not unlike that of a healthy child,he walked along, peacefully, quietly. He wore his gown and walked along exactly like the…
— Hermann Hesse
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I lacked some essential skill for attracting people, for giving and receiving love easily. It meant too much to me. I seemed to be driving…
— Lisa Kleypas
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The man running toward me is not a man, he is a boy. A shaggy-haired boy with a crease between his eyebrows. Will. Dull-eyed and…
— Veronica Roth
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The hand of Providence creeps among the stars, giving Slothrop the finger.
— Thomas Pynchon
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But Psyche uplifting her finger said: Sadly this star I mistrust
— Edgar Allan Poe
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She tried to open the bottle, but the top slipped through her fingers without moving. He took the bottle from her hand and opened it…
— Paolo Giordano
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It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've…
— Kazuo Ishiguro
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He took a hairpin out of my untidy hair (by now my complicated arrangement of ringlets must have looked as if a couple of birds…
— Kerstin Gier
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Before I can process what’s happening, Deirdre has opened her hands and Linden has taken the ring from her and slipped it onto my finger.…
— Lauren DeStefano
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Oh thank you, Jesus." "It's Roarke." He tapped a finger on Eve's head. "You really shouldn't forget your own husband's name.
— Nora Roberts
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Oh noes, kitteh haz major angriez!” I said. I turned around to share a laugh with my companions and found them glaring at me. “What?”…
— Kevin Hearne
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They sped by a pack of sea lions lounging on the docks, and she swore she saw an old homeless guy sitting among them. From…
— Rick Riordan
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His finger flicked open a button on my cardigan-then two, three, four. It tumbled off my shoulders, leaving me in my camisole. He pushed up…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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So what do you wear to dump somebody?" she asked me, twirling a lock of hair around one finger. "Black, for mourning? Or something cheerful…
— Sarah Dessen
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Mama?" "Yes, Emmy." She traced a rivulet of rain with her finger as it made its journey down the glass. "How do you know when…
— Karen White
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Dr. Warthrop chopped off my finger with a butcher knife.
— Rick Yancey
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Catherine" she paused. I waited, tapping my finger on my desk. Then she spoke words that had me almost falling out of my chair. "I've…
— Jeaniene Frost
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What I wanted to do was to fasten my index finger and thumb at the bolts of your collar bone, push out, spread the web…
— Jeanette Winterson
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He crouched at the car window and looked in. 'What a lovely family you have. What a charming family. They're all lovely. Except for that…
— Derek Landy
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You know," Elijah raised a hand to shake a finger at her, "you have an attitude problem." "I certainly do. Your attitude is a huge…
— Jacquelyn Frank
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Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on…
— Glen Cook
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There are some who'd hardly lift a finger for kindness, but they would haul up a load of rock to dump on some soul they…
— Barbara Kingsolver
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Oh, leave it,” said Jem, kicking Will, not without affection, lightly on the ankle. “She’s annexed my plan!” “Will,” Tessa said firmly. “Do you care…
— Cassandra Clare
Who Wrote These Finger Quotes
749 authors contributed a total of 984 Finger Quotes, led by these top contributors: