Palms Quotes
380 quotes by 308 authors
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Why does everyone want to own me?" Pippa mumbles. She's got her head in her hands. "Why do they all want to control my life…
— Libba Bray
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Diogenes carried a bowl with him for years, but one day saw a man drinking from his cupped palm and declared, ‘I have been a…
— Christopher Moore
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Take from my palms, to soothe your heart, a little honey, a little sun, in obedience to Persephone's bees. You can't untie a boat that…
— Osip Mandelstam
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He has, He reminds us, "graven thee upon the palms of my hands" (1 Nephi 21:16). Considering the incomprehensible cost of the Crucifixion, Christ is…
— Jeffrey R. Holland
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You're a sword not a palm tree
— Brandon Sanderson
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Lucy swayed in shock. A gust of wind moaned through the conservatory and blew out all but one of her candles. Simon must have done…
— Elizabeth Hoyt
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Will’s voice dropped. “Everyone makes mistakes, Jem.†“Yes,†said Jem. “You just make more of them than most people.†“I —†“You hurt everyone,†said…
— Cassandra Clare
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We stand there, quiet. My questions all seem wrong: How did you get so old? Was it all at once, in a day, or did…
— Jennifer Egan
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Sadie, I can't intervene." He turned up his palms in frustration. "I told you when we first met, this isn't an actual physical body." "Shame,"…
— Rick Riordan
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The Lady Amalthea beckoned, and the cat wriggled all over, like a dog, but he would not come near... She was offering her open palm…
— Peter S. Beagle
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For all your talk, you don't know the first thing about love." Tears spilled over her lashes and rolled down her cheeks. She slipped the…
— Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are…
— Nhat Hanh
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I stepped closer to him and lowered my voice. 'If you could change one thing, what would it be?' He pulled the sheep pendant from…
— Maria V. Snyder
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Gently, I ran my hand across his chest, exploring it. My breath felt tight in my throat. He was so beautiful. His muscles were toned,…
— L.A. Weatherly
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in the last month or so, i have read the great gatsby and a separate peace. i am starting to see a real trend in…
— Stephen Chbosky
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How can you come to understand your life when even the beginning is so complicated: a single cell imprinted with the color of your eyes…
— Dan Chaon
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When you have to face up to the fact that marriage to the man you love is really over, that's very tough, sheer agony. In…
— Ava Gardner
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Give me the effing phone, Strider grumbled, opening his palm and waving his fingers. Effing? William laughed with genuine amusement. You ever realize how polite…
— Gena Showalter
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She narrowed her eyes. “What is our heart’s desire?†“Vengeance.†His voice was soft, as if he were afraid that someone might be listening. “Justice. 
— George R. R. Martin
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Richard opened his hand, and the key stared up at him from his palm. "By my crooked teeth," asked Richard, remembering, "who am I?
— Neil Gaiman
Who Wrote These Palms Quotes
308 authors contributed a total of 380 Palms Quotes, led by these top contributors: