A Quotes
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“A smile says more than the way you laugh
Petra Hermans”
“A smile smiles behind the light, dark and shades of my story, a shadow cannot be spoken.”
“A smile speaks a language of its own. It can be cryptic in its communication –hiding emotions beneath the surface. For every smile can mask years of tears, portray a lie and fool others into believing everything is fine. Don’t always take a person’s smile as a measure of their happiness … take a look into their eyes.”
“A smile spread over Dr. Blockhead's face. 'But where are my manners?' he said. 'What a bad host I am. Let me offer you a little refreshment.'
He picked up a jar, opened it, and held it out to Scully.
'Is that what I think it is?' she asked.
'The finest assortment of living crickets money can buy,' said Dr. Blockhead. 'And all quite recently captured. If you don't believe me, read the expiration date on the label.'
'I believe you,' said Scully, still peering at the contents.
She reached in and picked out her cricket. Then she put it in her mouth and crunched down.
She smiled at Dr. Blockhead. 'Thank you so much for the treat,' she said.
Then she gave him a dazzling smile and walked away.
'That Scully,' said Mulder, shaking his head. 'She's just full of surprises.”
Source: Humbug
“A smile spread over her mouth, curving the edges into a slice of sunshine. Something twisted in Alexei’s gut, a strange need to keep her smiling.”
Source: Wicked Grace
“A smile starts on the lips, a grin spreads to the eyes, a chuckle comes from the belly; but a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, overflows, and bubbles all around.”
“A smile stretches across his [Pigpen] face. “Naw, but we had a chaplain over in Afghanistan. Cool son of a bitch. And he’d do this. Out of nowhere tell a story that would put it in perspective.”
Source: Walk the Edge
“A smile tilts half his mouth. “Are you checking me out, Annabel Lee?”
After all this time, I shouldn’t, but I blush.
Tegan walks over to me. “You can look all you want, ya know? Look or don’t look. It’s all up to you, but I can say, if the situation were reversed, I’d definitely want to explore every part of you.”
Source: Measuring Up
“A SMILE TRANSLATES even over the phone, so before answering its ring, take a breath and smile.”
Source: The Apron Book: Making, Wearing, and Sharing a Bit of Cloth and Comfort
“A smile will go the mile, while a frown will take you down.”
“A Smile with confidence is enough to win the opponent without any game. Smile at-least a day, and it requires only 12 muscels.”
“A smile works faster than a pill.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“A smile works faster than a pill, both metaphorically and physiologically. Pills take hours to reach your bloodstream, while a smile triggers instant release of neurochemicals, which alleviates pain and facilitates immunity.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“A smile you gift is a smile you earn… Gift a smile to your parents, friends, or even a stranger.”
“A smiley face brightens cyber space. Smiling pics and emoticons are good netiquette.”
“A smiling assassin will always show you the white of his teeth as he smiles with happiness.”
“A smiling goes a long way!”
“A smiling heart makes the soul shine brighter”
“A smiling lie is a whirlwind, easy to enter, but hard to escape.”
“A “smirt” guy once said, if you don't read books you have no advantage over those who can't read. Well, I can't even spell “smirt”, and I say, read all you like - if you don't have the basic capacity to listen, you have no advantage over the animal.”
Source: Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament
“A Smith & Wesson does more for empowering women than Feminism ever could”
“A smitten smile unexpectedly shot across my face, and I quickly hid it as best I could–purely out of habit. Will Stephens doesn’t get smitten smiles.”
Source: Butterfly Weeds
“A smoke, a book, a cup of coffee.
These are the little things that get us through this sometimes weary world and all the rainy days.”
Source: The Resurrection Waltz Poems R.M. Engelhardt
“A smoke before sleep. The uncounted hours of unremembered dreams. Those of a new awaking in a new time and place.”
Source: COFFEE ASS BLUES & OTHER POEMS
“A smoke in times of rest is a great companion to the solitary soldier.”
“A smoked salmon sandwich of a football match if ever there has been one.”
“A smoky eye and nice hair are not going to make my night any easier.”
“A smooth flowing river in the valley gets turbulent on the turns but immediately resumes its course with all the purpose. That ability is what makes a river immortal.”
“A smooth lecture... may be pleasant; a good teacher challenges, asks, irritates and maintains high standards - all that is generally not pleasant.”
“A smooth life is not a victorious life.”
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”
“A smooth Sea never made a skilled sailor.......
----Mo Stri Ayusha(CSB)
Forever”
“A smooth sea never produced a Skilled Sailor.”
“A Smoothie a day keeps Big Pharma away”
“A snake bite emergency kit is a body bag.”
“A snake came to my water trough On a hot, hot day, and I in pajamas for the heat, To drink there.”
“A snake charmer was travelling in a bus. He asked for 21 tickets from bus conductor. On being asked “why”, he replied, “Whenever I open my basket and bring out the snake, 20 people also come out to see it. So I have 20 people in my basket.”
That should be the mindset of a meditator. Enjoy this world as long as you want but when you want to meditate, you should be able to realize that all the people and things around you are all in your head. You should be able to wrap it all up and put it back in the basket.”
“A snake doesn't need feet in grass.
A seed doesn't need eyes in soil.
A bird doesn't need a parachute in air.
A fish doesn't need a suit in water.
A bee doesn't need sugar in a hive.
A spider doesn't need thread in a bush.
A flower doesn't need perfume in a garden.
A bat doesn't need binoculars in a cave.
A giraffe doesn't need a ladder in the woods.
A cricket doesn't need a violin in nature.
A camel doesn't need wheels in a desert.
A wolf doesn't need a knife in a forest.
A lion doesn't need a spear in a jungle.
If you throw a bird off a cliff, you are helping it find its wings.
If you throw a fish into water, you are helping it find its fins.
If you throw a seed into soil, you are helping it find its roots.
If you throw a bat into the dark, you are helping it find its eyes.
If you throw a flower into dirt, you are helping it find its petals.
If you throw a cub into the jungle, you are helping it find its fight.
If you throw a camel into the desert, you are helping it find its stride.
If you throw a scorpion into nature, you are helping it find its sting.
If you throw a serpent into grass, you are helping it find its fangs.
If you throw a wolf into the jungle, you are helping it find its bite.”
“A snake,” I replied, breath hitching. “I suppose . . . I’m a snake. A liar. A deceiver. Cursed to crawl on my belly and eat dust all the days of my life.”
“Ah.” To my surprise, Claud’s face didn’t twist in disgust or revulsion. He nodded instead, a knowing smile playing on his lips. “Yes, I would agree with that assessment.”
Humiliation hung my head. “Right. Thanks.”
“Louise.” A single finger lifted my chin, forcing me to look at him. Those eyes, once warm, now blazed with intensity, with conviction. “What you are now is not what you’ve always been, nor is it what you always will be. You are a snake. Shed your skin if it no longer serves you. Transform into something different. Something better.”
Source: Blood & Honey
“A snake in the grass is deadlier than a lion in a tree.”
“A snake knows more about what is happening around than any other creature, because it has no ears to listen to gossip - only direct perception.”
“A snake's venom is in its teeth but a woman's venom is in her tongue”
“A snake was never called by its name at night, because it would hear. It was called a string.”
Source: Things Fall Apart
“A snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright.”
Source: Kinflicks
“A snappy label and a manifesto would have been two of the very last things on my own career want list. That label enabled mainstream science fiction to safely assimilate our dissident influence, such as it was. Cyberpunk could then be embraced and given prizes and patted on the head, and genre science fiction could continue unchanged.”
“A snapshot memory, circa 1955:
I'm draped over Dad's shoulder, bouncing along in time with his stride. It's a hot day and we're strolling through a fairground. Beside us, Verna clings to Mom's hand. A cob of corn has slipped from my sweaty clutches, and I'm shrieking at full lung capacity to have it retrieved. Bobbing over Dad's shoulder, I can see that tasty morsel - sticky with grit, no doubt - receding into the distance, and I'm furious.
My parents, facing the other direction, are oblivious to my rising howls of protest. Big sister ignores me. Curious onlookers wander by, but I'm not at all self-conscious. I want that cob of corn, and I want it now! Nothing else matters...
I learned soon enough that my parents would never react to my verbal outbursts unless they were facing me. If they couldn't see my face, it didn't count. I'm not sure when that realization dawned, but I know it was early. I recall, as a small child, running into another room to tug on Mom's arm. I knew instinctively that shouting would be useless.
From my infancy, the deaf-hearing dynamic shaped every part of our mother-child communication. Specifics elude me; I only knew that I understood her, and she understood me. Most likely, we used a blend of speaking, signs, and gestures. If I had to describe it, I'd call it mother-talk, that intimate connection that happens between mothers and their offspring. You know how they just understand each other? Well, that's how it was, with us.
Excerpt from Patricia Conrad's Gentle into the Darkness, p. 68”
Source: Gentle into the Darkness: A Deaf Mother's Journey into Alzheimer's
“A snapshot steals life that it cannot return. A long exposure [creates] a form that never existed.”
“A snarky but accurate description of monetary policy over the past five years is that the Federal Reserve successfully replaced the technology bubble with a housing bubble”
“A snarl flashed on her mouth, and I snorted.
“You’re going to remember this, Will Grayson,” she said, sounding all tough. “I blew your mind tonight. Even for just a minute.”
She turned over, giving me her back, and I smiled, smoothing the hair off her face and neck.
You’ve been blowing my mind for forever.”
Source: Nightfall
“A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.”
Source: The Awakening of Helena Richie