Stroked Quotes

58 quotes by 47 authors

The best stroked putt in a lifetime does not bring the aesthetic satisfaction of a perfectly hit wood or iron shot. There is nothing to… — Al Barkow
A computer and a cat are somewhat alike - they both purr, and like to be stroked, and spend a lot of the day motionless.… — John Updike
Slowly, with a look of intense concentration, he got up and advanced on me ... put out a front paw, and stroked my cheek as… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
The media is not just the message. The media is a massage. We're constantly being stroked, manipulated, adjusted, realigned, and manoeuvered. — Joey Skaggs
When I lived in rural Oxfordshire, I was walking home across a field when I stroked a cow. The damn thing butted me in the… — Mark Lawrenson
Men are too unstable to be just; they are crabbed because they have not passed water at the usual time, or testy because they have… — Edward Dahlberg
I never got to be in the driver's seat of my own life," she'd wept to me once, in the days after she learned she… — Cheryl Strayed
The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left… — Ben Jonson
Mama stroked his dinger, Daddy got stinky finger. — Frank Zappa
Fangâ€™s hand gently smoothed my hair off my neck. My breath froze in my chest, and every sense seemed hyperalert. His hand stroked my hair… — James Patterson
For a while he'd tried molding himself into the tragic Romantic hero, brooding and staring clench-jawed off into space as he composed dark verse in… — Christopher Moore
How not to imagine the tumors ripening beneath his skin, flesh I have kissed, stroked with my fingertips, pressed my belly and breasts against, some… — Dorianne Laux
The truth is, when our mothers held us, rocked us, stroked our heads -none of us ever got enough of that. We all yearn in… — Mitch Albom
Sometimes I had the feeling that all of us in his family were like pets to him. The dog you take for a walk, the… — Bernhard Schlink
The Mathemagician nodded knowingly and stroked his chin several times. â€œYouâ€™ll find,â€ he remarked gently, â€œthat the only thing you can do easily is be… — Norton Juster
I wept bitterly, surrendering momentarily to my fear and heartbroken confusion, but slowly I began to quiet a bit, as Jamie stroked my neck and… — Diana Gabaldon
I stroked Eric's hair, tucking some behind his ear. His eyes on mine were intent, and I knew he was waiting for me to speak.… — Charlaine Harris
For once, he slept first. She lay in the dark, listening to him breathe, stealing a little of his warmth as her own body cooled.… — Nora Roberts
Leo smiled and stroked her hair. 'We'll both be fine, Marks. We've just begun our journey...and there's so much we have yet to do.' He… — Lisa Kleypas
She had come to him to escape her mother's world, a world where all bodies were equal. She had come to him to make her… — Milan Kundera

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