#hand

On the top of my desk there are initials, carved into the wood, and dates...This carving, done with a pencil dug many times into the warn varnish of the desk, has the pathos of all vanished civilizations. It's like a handprint on stone. Whoever made this was once alive. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#dating

There is some delight in ale and wine And some in girls with ankles fine But my delight, yes always mine Is to dance with Jak O’ the Shadows We will toss the dice however they fall And snuggle the girls be they short or tall Then follow Lord Mat whenever he calls To dance with Jak O’ the Shadows. ↗

— Robert Jordan

#death #jak-o-shadows #mat-cauthon #death

Being Ymor's right-hand man was like being gently flogged to death with scented bootlaces. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#flogging #right-hand-man #death

I collect new books the way my friends collect designer handbags. Sometimes, I just like to know I have them and actually reading them is beside the point. Not that I don't eventually end up reading them. I do. But the mere act of buying them makes me happy. ↗

— Jennifer Kaufman

#handbags #purses #reading #design

His hands are miracles. I can watch them for hours, transforming wood into something it never dreamed of being. ↗

— Katja Millay

#miracles #dreams

You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten. ↗

— Earl Wilson

#able #bills #doctor #handwriting #his

It's weird when you wake of from a bad dream and everything is still bad. ↗

— Todd Strasser

#hands #murder #mystery #strasser #suspense

Who says you cannot hold the moon in your hand? Tonight when the stars come out and the moon rises in the velvet sky, look outside your window, then raise your hand and position your fingers around the disk of light. There you go . . . That was easy! ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#aim-high #attaining #disk #goal #goals

The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#gandhi #humble #humility #mohandas #true

If you are drawn to the left hand path, it's usually because you've had some kind of life experience that has shocked you, awakened you. ↗

— Nikolas Schreck

#magic #occult #paganism #sex-magick #experience