Shoulders Quotes

1340 Shoulders quotes by 942 unique authors

Now they are empty, Ramon replied with a shrug of broad, muscled shoulders on his six-foot-three-inch frame....For the first time, a glint of humor touched… — Judith McNaught
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
Nothing could be slow enough, nothing lasts too long. No pleasure could equal, she thought, straightening the chairs, pushing in one book on the shelf,… — Virginia Woolf
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
I'd taken a big fat crisis off my shoulders and loaded it all on Jesus, which seemed unfair in a way, but was exactly what… — David James Duncan
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
Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no one can find… — Ludwig von Mises
She was tired of hugging pillows, counting on blankets for warmth, and reliving romantic moments only in her dreams. She was tired of hoping that… — Cecelia Ahern
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
It is easier to conquer than to administer. With enough leverage, a finger could overturn the world; but to support the world, one must have… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The python dropped his head lightly for a moment on Mowgli's shoulders. "A brave heart and a courteous tongue," said he. "They shall carry thee… — Rudyard Kipling
In order not to feel time's horrid fardel bruise your shoulders, grinding you into the earth, get drunk and stay that way. On what? On… — Charles Baudelaire
Do you think that people ever really do believe they will die, that the world will just go along as always without them? I wonder… — Elizabeth Berg
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
Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their… — Margaret Atwood
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

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