Limbs Quotes

337 Limbs quotes by 273 unique authors

Sometimes she has imagined what it would be like to fly, to live in the river, to run like a horse. She has dreamed of… — Francesca Lia Block
There they lay, but not in the forgetfulness of the previous night. She was seeking and he was seeking, they raged and contorted their faces… — Franz Kafka
Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
She never got a chance to fall out of love, to do it properly, slowly and thoroughly, and the result was he was like a… — Sarah Dunn
It is as if the Photograph always carries its referent with itself, both affected by the same amorous or funereal immobility, at the very heart… — Roland Barthes
He could not stand. It was not That he could not thrive, he was born With everything but the will – That can be deformed,… — Ted Hughes
Both Matilda and Lavender were enthralled. It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master.… — Roald Dahl
...looking at him makes her feel like laughing all over - as if she could laugh not just with her mouth but with her eyes,… — Gregory Maguire
But the truth, he knows, is otherwise. His pleasure in living has been snuffed out. Like a leaf on a stream, like a puffball on… — J M Coetzee
We risk life and limb and my princely good looks for a spoonful of sweet sock? — J.V. Hart
All Creatures know that some must die That all the rest may take and eat; Sooner or later, all transform Their blood to wine, their… — Margaret Atwood
Staring in the darkness, trying to sleep. My body was aching with tiredness. My limbs were numb. My sightless eyes were crazed with light/ I… — Kevin Brooks
The car picked up speed, and the sound seemed to lull me.I could relax, I thought as I felt the tingling of circulation in my… — Kim Harrison
But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot.… — Oscar Wilde
I really do think that if for one week in the United States we saw the true face of war, we saw people's limbs sheared… — Amy Goodman
At this point two elderly security guards in parkas, the guys who normally work the front desk at the plant, asked John to step behind… — David Wong
A day, a livelong day, is not one thing but many. It changes not only in growing light toward zenith and decline again, but in… — John Steinbeck
Miss Vesper Holly has the digestive talents of a goat and the mind of a chess master. She is familiar with half a dozen languages… — Lloyd Alexander
I'll fall.' 'You wont fall.' 'I'll fall. I'll fall and I'll die.' As I said it, I could see it happening. The foot stepping on… — Kamila Shamsie
Set screamed something in Ancient Egyptian. I was fairly sure it wasn’t a compliment. “I will rend your limbs from their sockets!” he shouted. “I… — Rick Riordan
Arthur, with his keen blue eyes and hair of burnished gold, his ready smile and guileless countenance. Wide and heavy of shoulder, long of limb,… — Stephen R. Lawhead
And she would not hold back his limbs when his heart was gone to the woods, for it is ever the way of witches with… — Lord Dunsany
What’s your name, lad?” “Newton. Newton Pulsifer.” “LUCIFER? What’s that you say? Are ye of the Spawn of Darkness, a tempting beguiling creature from the… — Neil Gaiman
Already Roland feels his limbs starting to go numb. He swallows hard. "I hate this. I hate you. I hate all of you." "I understand. — Neal Shusterman
Will: "Nice place to live, isn't it? Let's hope they left something behind other than filth. Forwarding addresses, a few severed limbs, a prostitute or… — Cassandra Clare

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