Quote by Naomi Shihab Nye Download Open image ““What would it be like to be a turtle inside a shell hit by hailstones?”” — Naomi Shihab Nye ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Sometimes he reminded me of a turtle hiding inside its shell, in there thinking about things and not ever sticking his head out into… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“Turtles are not the innocent, harmless creatures everyone thinks they are. Mark my words. They’re secretly planning to take over the world. And then… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
“A turtle without a shell is a very strange thing. Even with shells, turtles are very strange things, with their miniature elephant's feet, parrot's… — Albert Sánchez Piñol Copy Share Image
“Without an apostrophe, she’ll is just a shell. And I am the turtle inside.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“The Turtle surged blindly through the thick water. Its shell scraped the ice with a vibration felt for miles. It searched through the darkness.… — Kylie Chan Copy Share Image
“Why don't you crawl up out of that door and go get fucked by a turtle?" That's completely unrealistic, anatomically speaking. That's not even… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
“See the TURTLE of enormous girth, On his shell he holds the earth. If you want to run and play, Come along the BEAM… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“But I know we need to keep warm here on earth And when your shawl is as thin as mine is, you tell stories.” — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
I support all people on earth who have bodies like and unlike my body, skins and moles and old scars, secret and public hair,… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
“We walked where the ancient pier juts into the sea. Stood on the rim of the pool, by the circle of black boulders. No… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
“rounded shoulders, the shoulders of women no one has touched for a long time. Men” — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
I can never see fashion models, lean angular cheeks, strutting hips and blooming hair, without thinking of the skulls at the catacombs in Lima,… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
I am looking for the human who admits his flaws Who shocks the adversary By being kinder not stronger What would that be like?… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
“Remembering your mistakes more acutely than any minor success. This was the worst. The things that kept you up at night. Tip a waiter… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
“Grief is an ambush. You’re walking along feeling fine, look down, see a leaf, and begin to weep. —Jack” — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
Teaching and writing are separate, but serve/feed one another in so many ways. Writing travels the road inward, teaching, the road out - helping… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
What did exclusivity ever have to offer but a distorted, unrealistic view of the world? People who stuck only to their own kind were… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
