Knees Quotes - Page 9

• I wish I could help you" I whisper. You are," he murmurs against my knee. "just dont leave me, okay? Everyone leaves me.

  Simone Elkeles

  Wish, Helping, Leaving Me

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Rules of Attraction”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

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• Rule number one of anime," Simon said. He sat propped up against a pile of pillows at the foot of his bed, a bag of potato chips in one hand and the TV remote in the other. He was wearing a black T-shirt that said I BLOGGED YOUR MOM and a pair of jeans that were ripped in one knee. "Never screw with a blind monk.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mom, Anime, Hands

  Cassandra Clare (2009). “Sample of the CITYs”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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• Someone could cut through the mess in our house and look at it like one might look at rings on a tree or layers of sediment. They'd find the black-and-white hairs of a dog we had when I was six, the acid-washed jeans my mother once wore, the seven blood-soaked pillowcases from the time I skinned my knee. All our family secrets rest in endless piles.

  Holly Black

  Mother, Dog, Cutting

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• This man is the bee's knees, Arthur, he is the wasp's nipples. He is, I would go so far as to say, the entire set of erogenous zones of every major flying insect of the Western world.

  Douglas Adams

  Men, Flying, World

  Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.98, Pan Macmillan

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• I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.

  Maya Angelou

  Fall, Men, Rooms

  Maya Angelou (2015). “The Complete Poetry”, p.135, Random House

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• Thank you. It used to be knee length, but then I discovered that when I get angry I like to cut things. I'm not allowed to have scissors any more. It's still pretty lengthy, but I've been threatening to shave half of it for the past week and nobody seems to believe me... I do it all myself though because I scream when I'm touched and that scares people.

  Emilie Autumn

  Believe, Cutting, Past

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• Never assume. Never make plans. Keep doing the press-ups and deep knee bends: you'll need all your strength and flexibility when your life suddenly implodes. Maybe it won't — some people do lead enchanted lives — but odds are that it will. Some time.

  Robin McKinley

  Odds, People, Needs

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• In this particular tub, two knees jut up like icebergs, while minute brown hairs rise on arms and legs in a fringe of kelp; green soap navigates the tidal slosh of seas breaking on legendary beaches; in faith we shall board our imagined ship and wildly sail among sacred islands of the mad till death shatters the fabulous stars and makes us real.

  Sylvia Plath

  Beach, Stars, Real

  Sylvia Plath (2015). “Collected Poems”, p.4, Faber & Faber

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• Emma dropped the paper. Her first impression was of a weak feeling in her stomach and in her knees; then of blind guilt, of unreality, of coldness, of fear; then she wished that it were already the next day. Immediately afterwards she realized that that wish was futile because the death of her father was the only thing that had happened in the world, and it would go on happening endlessly.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Father, Next Day, Feelings

  Jorge Luis Borges (1964). “Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings”, p.132, New Directions Publishing

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• In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when human help seems gone we turn to Him as naturally as lost children cry to their father, and feel sure that he will hear and answer them.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Prayer, Children, Father

  Louisa May Alcott (2008). “Tales: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.489, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Some automatic device clicked in her big brain, and her knees felt weak, and there was a chilly feeling in her stomach. She was in love with this man. They don't make memories like that anymore

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Memories, Men, Feelings

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• It is not that it is religious or it is not religious, it is called attitude of gratitude, it is called thanking God for giving you elbows and knees, giving you ribs and the glandular system, giving you head and skull and brain.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Gratitude, Religious, Attitude

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• I used to jog every day and call it my 'gratitude run.' I'd make my gratitude list as I ran. I never ran out of things to be grateful for. My knees aren't what they used to be, but I still do my gratitude list every day.

  Sheryl Crow

  Running, Gratitude, Grateful

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• Brother, if you would enter that Province, you must go forward on your knees.

  Hudson Taylor

  Christian, Brother, Prayer

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• Long about knee-deep in June,
  'Bout the time strewberries melts
  On the vine.

  James Whitcomb Riley

  Summer, June, Long

  James Whitcomb Riley, “Knee-Deep In June”

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• Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees, and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.

  Danielle Steel

  Family, Girl, Mother

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• The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of the day. If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day.

  Edward McKendree Bounds

  Morning, Prayer, Men

  Edward McKendree Bounds “Power Through Prayer”, CCEL

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• All great soul-winners have been men of much and mighty prayer, and all great revivals have been preceded and carried out by persevering, prevailing knee-work in the closet.

  Samuel Logan Brengle

  Christian, Perseverance, Religious

  Samuel Logan Brengle (2013). “Take Time to Be Holy: 365 Daily Inspirations to Bring You Closer to God”, p.186, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I find afflictions to be good for me. I have always found them so. Afflictions are happy means in the hands of the Holy Spirit to subdue my corruptions, my pride, my evil passions, my inordinate love to the creature. Afflictions soften my hard heart, bring me to my knees, increase faith, increase love, increase humility, increase self-denial. Afflictions make me poor in spirit, and nothing in my own eyes.

  Joseph Williams

  Passion, Heart, Mean

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• Askin what happened to the feelin that her and me had,
  I pray so much about it, need some knee pads.

  Andre Benjamin

  Rap, Needs, Pads

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• One of the grandest figures that ever frequented Eastern Yorkshire was William Smith, the distinguished Father of English Geology. My boyish reminiscence of the old engineer, as he sketched a triangle on the flags of our yard, and taught me how to measure it, is very vivid. The drab knee-breeches and grey worsted stockings, the deep waistcoat, with its pockets well furnished with snuff-of which ample quantities continually disappeared within the finely chiselled nostril-and the dark coat with its rounded outline and somewhat quakerish cut, are all clearly present to my memory.

  William Crawford Williamson

  Memories, Father, Science

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• Lead me to the cross
  Where Your love poured out
  Bring me to my knees
  Lord I lay me down
  Rid me of myself
  I belong to You
  Lead me, lead me to the cross.

  Brooke Fraser

  Easter, Lord, Crosses

  Song: Lead Me to the Cross

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• Let every knee bend before Thee, O greatness of my God, so supremely humbled in the Sacred Host. May every heart love Thee, every spirit adore Thee and every will be subject to Thee!

  Margaret Mary Alacoque

  Heart, Greatness, May

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• We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Veterans Day, Believe, Fighting

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• Each day millions of our citizens approach our Maker on bended knee, seeking His grace and giving thanks for the many blessings He bestows upon us.

  George W. Bush

  Godly, Blessing, Giving

  Address Welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to the White House, delivered 16 April 2008, South Lawn

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