Outstretched Quotes

59 Outstretched quotes by unique 48 authors

The carved images on the early Minoan sealstones are tantalising, inscrutable. The Nature Goddess is yanked from the soil like a snake or a sheaf… — Alison Fell
Over our manhood bend the skies; Against our fallen and traitor lives The great winds utter prophecies; With our faint hearts the mountain strives, Its… — James Russell Lowell
There was a discordant hum of human voices! There was a loud blast as of many trumpets! There was a harsh grating as of a… — Edgar Allan Poe
Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched… — Miranda July
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their… — Jodi Picoult
Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched… — Kofi Annan
The terrible thing about love is that it takes away your safety net, your balancing pole. Even the tightrope you walk upon will disappear beneath… — Christopher Barzak
Life was dense, dark, ancient. They watched Dean, serious and insane at his raving wheel, with eyes of hawks. All had their hands outstretched. They… — Jack Kerouac
Sometimes rescue comes to you. It just shows up, and you do nothing. Maybe you deserve it, maybe you don't. But be ready, when it… — Sara Zarr
It is when we try to grapple with another man's intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering and misty are the beings that share… — Joseph Conrad
You - will - never - touch - our - children - again!' screamed Mrs. Weasley. Bellatrix laughed, the same exhilarated laugh her cousin Sirius… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
What more ghastly image can be called up than that of a man betrayed by his body who, simply because he did not die in… — Albert Camus
Charles de Foucauld, the found of the Little Brothers of Jesus, wrote a single sentence that's ahad a profound impact on my life. He said,… — Brennan Manning
Summer is a Latvian chicken. We make foolish choices. We think weâ€™re young again. We run with outstretched arms toward an object of love and… — Gary Shteyngart
All right, then. Emergency medical situation, take two.â€ He leaped to his feet, staggered, keeled over, then lifted his head weakly. â€œChloe? Is that you?â€… — Kelley Armstrong
Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Bidding the wizard farewell, he turned to his daughter, who held up her finger and said, â€œDaddy, look â€” one of the gnomes actually bit… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
We pass more women with swollen bellies hurrying towards the godshouse and Arjuro presses a kiss to Tariq's outstretched fingers. 'She's mocking me, runt of… — Melina Marchetta
Crow walked toward her, arms outstretched like a man in a dream, which he was, in a way. Sometimes a dream is enough. — Cinda Williams Chima

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