Gesture Quotes

376 Gesture quotes by 304 unique authors

But that was the thing about zero. Its weakness. Even if zero had taken over the entire universe, the biggest fascist of all, one tiny… — Janet Fitch
I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of fresh spring water.… — Pema Chodron
At the simplicity of the gesture, he felt a pang: the raw nerve of his loneliness exposed. — Maile Meloy
Ascension seemed at such times a natural law. If one added to it a law of completion - that everything must finally be made comprehensible… — Marilynne Robinson
Enter my first neighbor - a woman who spoke in complete, coherent sentences, who ate with a knife and fork and who only cried at… — Erma Bombeck
Everything comes down to this: the reason for every word I have written and every word I will write. I am recounting my life for… — Arthur Japin
And still it is not enough to have memories. One must be able to forget them when they are many, and one must have the… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Clary closed her eyes. Remembering the way Jace had looked at her the night she'd freed Ithuriel, she couldn't help but imagine the way he'd… — Cassandra Clare
The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the… — Eric Hoffer
# "I saw the most beautiful cat today. It was sitting by the side of the road, its two front feet neatly and graciously together.… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
At times our need for a sympathetic gesture is so great that we care not what exactly it signifies or how much we may have… — E. M. Forster
Ordinarily, of course, I thought it best to remain inconspicuous, but the gesture had a certain irresistable theatricaility, and an inevitablility. Sometimes you can feel… — Curtis Sittenfeld
But I also know that sometimes Adam needs to do things the dramatic way. He is fond of the Grand Gesture — Gayle Forman
The Simi gots some barbecue sauce in her bag. It kind of looks like blood if you squint at it the right way. And it… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
But she still had that something which fires the imagination, could still stop one's breath for a moment by a look or gesture that somehow… — Willa Cather
Crooked Warden, I will fear no darkness for the night is yours," muttered Locke, pointing the first two fingers of his left hand into the… — Scott Lynch
A dog – a collie – went up to Eric, looked up at his face, and growled. “Shoo,” Eric said, making an imperious gesture with… — Charlaine Harris
None of us should be ashamed to speak of our class power or lack of it. Overcoming fear, even the fear of being immodest, and… — Bell Hooks
After the one extravagant gesture of creation in the first place, the universe has continued to deal exclusively in extravagances, flinging intricacies and colossi down… — Annie Dillard
Odd, she thought, how intensely you knew a person, or thought you did, when you were in love - soaked, drenched in love - only… — Anita Shreve
Her beautiful eyes and lips were very grave as she made her choice, and Anthony thought again how naive was her every gesture; she took… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is only now, these years later, that Rahel with adult hindsight recognized the sweetness of that gesture. A grown man entertaining three raccoons, treating… — Arundhati Roy
Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me. But… — Suzanne Collins
Go to sleep," he says softly. His hand brushes the lose strands of my hair off my forehead. Unlike the staged kisses and caresses so… — Suzanne Collins
V?" Butch said. "Don't leave, okay?" "Never." V brushed Butch's hair back with a gesture so tender it was out of place coming from a… — J R Ward

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