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hands feelings excess
The victims of ennui paralyze all the grosser feelings by excess, and torpify all the finer by disuse and inactivity. Disgusted with this world, and indifferent about another, they at last lay violent hands upon themselves, and assume no small credit for the sang froid with which they meet death. But, alas! such beings can scarcely be said to die, for they have never truly lived. Charles Caleb Colton
hands class two
Literature has her quacks no less than medicine, and they are divided into two classes; those who have erudition without genius, and those who have volubility without depth; we shall get second-hand sense from the one, and original nonsense from the other. Charles Caleb Colton
hands sorrow tears
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen you! If I touched you with my lips, may the touch be poison to you! A curse upon this roof that gave me shelter! Sorrow and shame upon your head! Ruin upon all belonging to you! Charles Dickens
hands feet office
Skewered through and through with office-pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape. Charles Dickens
hands library grew
I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries. Charles Stross
hands soul half
I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses [of the Bible] all day than rinse my hand in several chapters. Charles Spurgeon
hands despair rope
Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair. Charles Spurgeon
hands soap calling
There’s no shame about any honest calling; don’t be afraid of soiling your hands, there’s plenty of soap to be had. Charles Spurgeon
hands ignorant used
And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords Alan Watts
passengers saying sure until
We're interviewing passengers and are not saying anything more until we're sure what happened. Dana Keeton
passengers
I am not a passenger in anything I do. Derek Fisher
passengers walking
When we arrived, the two passengers were walking around, Larry Black
passengers peacefully sleep
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car. Author unknown
passenger
When I was 14, I was a passenger in a terrible accident. Quincy Jones
passenger
He wanted to be a passenger on anything that was going anywhere, but most of all on a ship. William Saroyan
passenger shoot shot somebody steal trying
He shot an unarmed 15-year-old in a passenger seat. You don't shoot somebody for trying to steal your car. Doug Ellis
passengers
Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them. Anthony Foxx
passengers react threat
We only react when there is a threat to the aircraft, passengers or crew. Dave Adams
readers
The Web critic relies on his or her readers for attentiveness and approval. Lee Siegel
reader second
The first book you write because of the way it makes you feel. The second one you can't help but wonder how it's going to make the reader feel. Kathryn Stockett
reader until
I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end. Barbara W. Tuchman
readers
I think a lot of readers are looking for a book they can talk about. Christina Baker Kline
readers whether
I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood. Binyavanga Wainaina
reader
The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story. Tobias Wolff
reader
As a writer, you must know what promise your story or novel makes. Your reader will know. Nancy Kress
readers
Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it. Khaled Hosseini
readers suffer writers
There is a whole generation of romance readers and writers who suffer from what I like to think of as 'Thorn Birds' Fever. Sarah MacLean