Grip Quotes

372 Grip quotes by 315 unique authors

By the time I received my doctorate in American studies in 1957, I was in the twisted grip of a disease of our times in… — Tom Wolfe
If I had a large amount of money I should certainly found a hospital for those whose grip upon the world is so tenuous that… — Stephen Fry
(Ravic speaking of a butterfly caught in the Louvre) In the morning it would search for flowers and life and the light honey of blossoms… — Erich Maria Remarque
It doesn't really matter whether you grip the arms of the dentist's chair or let your hands lie in your lap. The drill drills on. — C.S. Lewis
You should work extra hard to be your best selves. True evil has a hard time operating in the face of strenuous manifestations of good.… — Jean Ferris
If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about… — John F. Kennedy
For they imagined as they wished--that it was a wild shot,/ an unintended killing--fools, not to comprehend/ they were already in the grip of death./… — Homer
I was keenly conscious of the comrades-in-arms who had fallen with me. A bond surpassing by a hundredfold that which I had known in life… — Steven Pressfield
Then when dusk began to settle he would retrace his steps, back to his own world. And on the way home, a loneliness would always… — Haruki Murakami
Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information?” Bones asked, getting back to the subject. “You to take me,”… — Jeaniene Frost
Liberate yourself from my vice-like grip! — J D Salinger
Fate is trying to kill me. I miss my dog. What's a doctor going to say? You're not ill, you're mad as a muffin? They'll… — Meg Rosoff
The best thing to do is to loosen my grip on my pen and let it go wandering about until it finds an entrance. There… — Machado de Assis
It was true that the city could still throw shadows filled with mystifying figures from its past, whose grip on the present could be felt… — Christopher Fowler
Let go," he advised me, and I loosened my grip on his hands. "No, not of me," he said, smiling. "You can hold on to… — Charlaine Harris
So much wanting and longing, clutching, desiring, passion and hatred and terrible need. Here, death was suitable, there was room for it, the grip of… — Janet Fitch
There aren't any syringes." Red Sox came over and held a sterile pack out. When she tried to take it from him, he kept a… — J R Ward
A people that has remained convinced of its greatness and invulnerability, that has chosen to believe such a myth in the face of all the… — Salman Rushdie
We only came close to dying six or seven times, which I thought was pretty good. Once, I lost my grip and found myself dangling… — Rick Riordan
In My Secret Life" "I saw you this morning, you were moving so fast. Can't seem to loosen my grip On the past. And I… — Leonard Cohen
Ever bike? Now that's something that makes life worth living!...Oh, to just grip your handlebars and lay down to it, and go ripping and tearing… — Jack London
Jack, get a grip of yourself.' I have a grip of myself.' Jack took a grip of himself. It was a most intimate grip; not… — Robert Rankin
Eric was holding my hands, and I was digging my nails into him like we were doing something else. He won't mind, I though, as… — Charlaine Harris
I feel as if things are falling apart within me, like so many glass partitions shattering. I walk from place to place in the grip… — Michel Houellebecq
Undertow" "I set out one night When the tide was low There were signs in the sky But I did not know I'd be caught… — Leonard Cohen

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