Rigid Quotes

290 quotes by 252 authors

His body rigid with terror as he waited for the savages to something horrible to himâ€”bash his head with clubs, or stab him with spears,… — Dave Barry
In your language you have a form of poetry called the sonnetâ€¦There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter. Thatâ€™s a very strict… — Madeleine L'Engle
Democracy is grounded upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected by a rigid system of taboos, else even halfwits would… — H. L. Mencken
And the west, encumbered by crippling alliances, and hardened with a morality too rigid to accommodate itself to the swing of events, must ..... eventually… — Edward Albee
I had grown up. I had learned that being a woman was knowing when to stand firm and when to compromise. I had learned to… — Juliet Marillier
I'm not flailing now, as my muscles are rigid with the tension of holding myself together. — Suzanne Collins
When you've been really beaten, you realize that you are just an envelope of skin, an easily penetrated envelope that holds together a lot of… — Charlaine Harris
When we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being relativistic, convinced without… — Henri Nouwen
I couldn't believe it. It was unbelievable, that's why. My face was like a frozen fish finger. All rigid and pale. (But obviously not with… — Louise Rennison
Then the other door opened. I wen't rigid. If I had thought Reth's was beautiful, it was nothing to this soul. It filled the night… — Kiersten White
And sure enough,the youth in question was not his usual dapper self. His face was puffy, his eyes red and wild; his shirt(distressingly unbuttoned)hung over… — Jonathan Stroud
I sit in the sky like a sphinx misunderstood; My heart of snow is wed to the whiteness of swans; I hate the movement that… — Charles Baudelaire
I was going to have to leave you anyway. Because I loved you too much to drag you down with me." My hand crept up… — Lisa Kleypas
The amusement fled from Royce's face and with a groan he pulled her roughly against his chest, crushing her to him. "Jenny," he whispered hoarsely,… — Judith McNaught
Only in love can I find you, my God. In love the gates of my soul spring open, allowing me to breathe a new air… — Karl Rahner
Then itâ€™s just Venia, whose skin is so pale her tattoos appear to be leaping off it. Almost rigid with determination, she does my hair… — Suzanne Collins
No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time: he is like a steel bridge without flexibility, and the order… — Alan Watts
I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, if thought is the equivalent of labour, for I have devoted… — Nikola Tesla
The night we met-I'm not like that guy." His jaw was rigid. "I know tha-" He placed a finger over my lips, his expression softening.… — Tammara Webber
Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It's not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites… — Bob Goff

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