Shoulder Quotes

929 Shoulder quotes by 657 unique authors

Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over… — Zora Neale Hurston
Claire. Wake up.” She blinked and realized that her head was on Shane’s shoulder, and Michael was nowhere to be seen. Her first thought was,… — Rachel Caine
Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea… — Boris Pasternak
She pulls away, pats me on the shoulder with three mini-pats, like those used to pet reptiles. — Dave Eggers
Life's greatest comfort is being able to look over your shoulder and see people worse off, waiting in line behind you. — Chuck Palahniuk
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I… — Henry David Thoreau
Jill told me that when you're really in love, you know right away. I'm not exactly sure how this happens. Is it like a flash… — Alice Hoffman
There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden… — Alice Hoffman
I have the satisfaction of knowing that it is all right; that everybody else is one way or other served in much the same way--either… — Herman Melville
Armel shrugged. "I suppose so, Brother, but why do creatures have to fight?" Demple picked Mudge up and placed him on his shoulder. "Because there's… — Brian Jacques
Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure… — Barbara Kingsolver
...this is the way fate usually treats us, it's right there behind us, it has already reached out a hand to touch us on the… — Jose Saramago
Patience is...clearly not fatalistic, shoulder-shrugging resignation. It is the acceptance of a divine rhythm to life; it is obedience prolonged. Patience stoutly resists pulling up… — Neal A. Maxwell
To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a… — Winston Churchill
Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason. — Khaled Hosseini
Instead of finding himself in nerd heaven—where every nerd gets fifty-eight virgins to role-play with—he woke up in Robert Wood Johnson with two broken legs… — Junot Diaz
Although we read with our minds, the seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite certainly the highest… — Vladimir Nabokov
my kingdom for a kiss upon your shoulder" lover you should have come over- — Jeff Buckley
There's a terrible stillness. I notice a small tear in the wallpaper above her shoulder. I notice finger marks grimed on the light switch. Somewhere… — Jenny Downham
which is completely out-of-line behavior. Then you are wholly within your rights to stomp on their foot." "No," Delia said, over her shoulder. "Actually, you're… — Sarah Dessen
Lest we forget at least an over the shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology and history (and who is… — Saul Alinsky
We write to expose the unexposed. Most human beings are dedicated to keeping that one door shut. But the writer's job is to see what's… — Anne Lamott
Then what is magic for?" Prince Lír demanded wildly. "What use is wizardry if it cannot save a unicorn?" He gripped the magician's shoulder hard,… — Peter S. Beagle
But on the way home tonight, you wish you'd picked him up, held him a bit. Just held him, very close to your heart, his… — Thomas Pynchon
Love pats are soft punches of encouragement that are admistered on the knee, shoulder, and arm. — Stephen Chbosky

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