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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
desert stones
In the desert there is no sign that says, Thou shalt not eat stones. Margaret Atwood
desert friendless
There is no desert like being friendless. Baltasar Gracian
desert
Why do I live in the desert? Because the desert is the *locus Dei*. Edward Abbey
desert intimate draws
What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.
desert fact plants
So it's a celebration of our new release, and the fact that we're old. But desert plants are old and beautiful. Will Johnson
desert hate key member mount
Mount Desert is a key member of our partnership. We would hate to see that partnership dissolve. Paul Murphy
desert felt natural nature second walking waste
I have never been in a natural place and felt that was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile. Viggo Mortensen
desert mouths ache
The desert of virginity Aches in the hotness of her mouth. Arthur Symons
desert lasts reason
Our reason has driven all away. Alone at last, we end up ruling over a desert. Albert Camus
grit true-grit get-away
Time just gets away from us. Charles Portis
grit highest rock
Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with the rock and grit and solitude echoing back at me.
gritty life people
The thing is, fairytales were once a very gritty way for people to dialogue about aspects of life. Isobelle Carmody
gritty high magical might science
I am undependable. You might get gritty contemporary with one book, science fiction, magical realism, or high fantasy with another. Mary E. Pearson
grit hungry
I'll bring my grits when I travel, because I get so hungry on the road. Dolly Parton
grit teeth looks
Wilshere looks like he's got the grit between his teeth Darren Gough
grit later proved race scope suspected throat
He coughed when he was back in the tie-up stalls after the race, but we suspected that was just grit down his throat and a scope later proved that was the case,
gritty romantic
I still want to do a romantic comedy or a western or a gritty independent film... there's so much that I still want to do. Laura Vandervoort
gritty player routine
He's a gritty player and as long as he can make the routine play, we'll be all right.