Thumbs Quotes

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But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defensless that I couldn't do it. It was… — John Green
But when it came right down to it, the skin of my wrist looked so white and defensless that I couldn't do it. It was… — Sylvia Plath
Folks, it's time to evolve. That's why we're troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything's failing? It's because,… — Bill Hicks
I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case and the opposable thumb, this animal barely up from the apes, will endure… — Robert A. Heinlein
... when I saw any of those kinds of beauty I knew I was alive, and not just in the sense that when I hit… — Neal Stephenson
Those monkey-thumbs were meant for dogs. Give me my thumbs, you fu**ing monkeys! — Garth Stein
I believe that what Genesis suggests is that this original self, with the print of God's thumb still upon it, is the most essential part… — Frederick Buechner
As a rule of thumb I say, if Socrates, Jesus and Tolstoy wouldn't do it, don't. — John Gardner
All my life I'd been told what to believe about politics, coloreds, being a girl. But with Constantine's thumb pressed in my hand, I realized… — Kathryn Stockett
The green thumb is equable in the face of nature's uncertainties; he moves among her mysteries without feeling the need for control or explanations or… — Michael Pollan
The truth was I'd given up waiting long ago. The moment had passed, the door between the lives we could have led and the lives… — Nicole Krauss
There have been five great kisses since 1642 B.C. when Saul and Delilah Korn's inadvertent discovery swept across Western civilization. (Before then couples hooked thumbs.)… — William Goldman
I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by nightly… — Desiderius Erasmus
Who would condescend to strike down the mere things that he does not fear? Who would debase himself to be merely brave, like any common… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But… — Jon Krakauer
Sam came around the side of the car and stopped dead when he saw me. â€œOh my God, what is THAT?â€ I used my thumb… — Maggie Stiefvater
Can you take human form in daylight? (Talon) Obviously so. Ever tried to answer a phone without opposable thumbs? (Vane) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John — Nicholas Sparks
I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am." His thumb stroked her cheek. "I would never hurt you."… — Tessa Dare
I wanted to curl up into a fetal position and start sucking my thumb, let my tears and dripping saliva pool under me. Sorry. I… — David Wong

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