Rope Quotes

396 Rope quotes by 326 unique authors

Pride is the rope God allows us all. — Leif Enger
It takes 3 girls to tow always; two to hold the rope, and the other one runs round and round, and giggles. — Jerome K. Jerome
..people are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they aren’t getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope...with… — Stephen Covey
Many a night I woke to the murmer of paper and knew (Dad) was up, sitting in the kitchen with frayed King James - oh,… — Leif Enger
I am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't have time to… — Stephen King
He smoked a cigarette, standing in the dark and listening to her undress. She made sea sounds; something flapped like a sail; there was the… — Nathanael West
I keep telling this story - different people, different places, different times - but always you, always me, always this story, because a story is… — Jeanette Winterson
Once released from life, having lost it in such violence, I couldn’t calculate my steps. I didn’t have time for contemplation. In violence it is… — Alice Sebold
Diana: "I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad." Anne: "You know… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
I knew he would never leave me, never let me down-because the man had never abandoned anything in his long life. If I hadn’t taken… — Patricia Briggs
If all I can say is I'm not in this swamp, I'm not in this swamp then there is not a rope in front of… — Tori Amos
Remember how it was when we kissed? Armfuls and armfuls of light thrown right at us. A rope dropping down from the sky. How can… — Jandy Nelson
Niggers was the ones on the rope, hanging off the thing. Niggas is the ones with gold ropes,hanging out at clubs. — Tupac Shakur
People keep themselves at a tolerable height above an infernal abyss toward which they gravitate only by putting out all their strength and lovingly helping… — Franz Kafka
When they came to harvest my corpse (open your mouth, close your eyes) cut my body from the rope, surprise, surprise: I was still alive.… — Margaret Atwood
My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope; make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen." — Aimee Bender (Willful Creatures: Stories) — Aimee Bender
they say in the old tales that when a man and woman exchange looks the way we did, their spirits mingle. their gaze is a… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
What are you? "A man with a rope?" "Ha-ha. — Karen Marie Moning
Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Strange things did happen here. No stranger… — Suzanne Collins
My name is Herondale," the boy said cheerfully. "William Herondale, but everyone calls me Will. Is this really your room? Not very nice, is it?"… — Cassandra Clare
If you're frightened of damaging yourself, you increase the risk of doing just that. Consider the tightrope walker. Do you think he spares any thought… — Mathias Malzieu
How do you bear it?” Finnick looks at me in disbelief. “I don’t, Katniss! Obviously, I don’t. I drag myself out of nightmares each morning… — Suzanne Collins
The circus tent was flowing pale in the rain like a fleshy flower lit from within. It seemed to bloom in the downpour. Drops of… — Francesca Lia Block
What are you" -Mac "I don't follow" -Jericho "You dropped 30 feet in that warehouse. You should have broken something. What are you?" -Mac "A… — Karen Marie Moning
Gravity was something you could beat; all it took was hydrogen, hot air, or even a bit of rope. But being a girl was a… — Scott Westerfeld

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