Grasp Quotes

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I grasp reality, but sometimes I like to choke it into submission. — Lisa Kleypas
The universe (he said) offers a paradox too great for the finite mind to grasp. As the living brain cannot conceive of a nonliving brain… — Stephen King
One of the delights beyond the grasp of youth is that of Not Going. Not to have an invitation for the dance, the party, the… — J. B. Priestley
We all grasp on to a single idea of ourselves, the way aging people dye their hair. Itâ€™s no matter that this dye doesnâ€™t fool… — Luigi Pirandello
He never seemed to grasp the immense mutability of human nature, nor to appreciate that behind every nondescript face lay a wild and unique hinterland… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The one thing Iâ€™d learned was that having someone with you all the time did not take away the loneliness. You could be surrounded by… — Abbi Glines
There must be another life, she thought, sinking back into her chair, exasperated. Not in dreams; but here and now, in this room, with living… — Virginia Woolf
You've always had a good grasp on what's right and wrong. You just have a hard time admitting that sometimes you choose the wrong. — Jessica Sorensen
He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision. — Jess Walter
Don't knock finding nemo," Xavier teased, taking the DVD from my grasp. "It's a modern classic." "Is it seriously about fish?" "Yeah, but really cool… — Alexandra Adornetto
Your whole life you are really writing one book, which is an attempt to grasp the consciousness of your time and placeâ€“ a single book… — Nadine Gordimer
It's amazing how the things you remember forever are the things you'd rather forget and the things you desperately want to grasp onto seem to… — Jessica Sorensen
Grief, of course, is not something that operates according to a specific time frame, and it seems cold to suggest otherwise. Yet when we do… — Tullian Tchividjian
There was no way to grasp the reality of the present which slid away each second, invisible as air; reality only existed after the fact,… — Paula Fox
Kellanâ€™s hand found hers, took it into his strong grasp. â€œThere,â€ he said, pressing a kiss to the center of her palm. â€œIâ€™ve got you,… — Tina St. John
I require distance from the past in order to grasp the future. — Sylvia Day
The ideas of Freud were popularized by people who only imperfectly understood them, who were incapable of the great effort required to grasp them in… — Alfred North Whitehead
I know what you are. I've always known from the beginning, Kushiel's Chosen. It is folly, to make claim on one whom the gods have… — Jacqueline Carey
Believe me, I know what it's like to feel all alone...the worst kind of loneliness in the world is isolation that comes from being misunderstood,… — Dan Brown
The hands of those I meet are dumbly eloquent to me. The touch of some hands is an impertinence. I have met people so empty… — Helen Keller

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