Tearing Quote by Lia Habel

“Sometimes, when you'd least expect it, the grief would chop your legs out from under you.”

— Emmy Laybourne

“She felt like an amputee, reaching out reflexively with an arm she no longer had.”

— Frances Hardinge

“I felt like crawling off and finding a way to kick myself in the rear. One twist of the leg, might not be too…

— Lia Habel

“I jounced the limb.”

— John Knowles

“Limp finally spoke. “Do you think you could kill a person and not get all crazy about it?”

— Cole Alpaugh

“if someone you loved died, someone who you were really close to, would they be like a phantom limb, still attached to you?”

— Sharyn November

“Every time she considered getting up and doing something, her limbs wouldn’t move.”

— Sara Shepard

“I was just pulling your leg and it came off in my hand.”

— Robert A. Heinlein

“It was as if, without realizing it, I had been completely disarmed by her legs.”

— Kōbō Abe

“I hope he doesn't know he just touched my leg. And nothing happened.”

— Tahereh Mafi

“Once he had told her something that she could not imagine: that amputees suffer pains, cramps, itches, in the leg that is no longer…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“I went out on a limb, because that’s where the noose was.”

— Jarod Kintz