H Quotes
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“Hana, the bravest wireless operator in the entire camp. No one is quite like her. She does the night shift in the wireless room, and goes with the girls to her military positions.”
I looked at her. Her eyes were green, her hair was tied back in a pony tail. She had a feminine air despite the seriousness which her difficult assignments imparted to her. I asked her: “It’s unusual for a girl to be on duty at night all by herself!”
“I’m not afraid of the night. Sometimes I used to be on duty at night, and I was not scared. The young men would be tied up along the combat lines and I would keep operating the wireless. At first, my parents wouldn’t agree to my work because they were worried about me. But I’ve done a three-month militia training course. I did it when the revolution entered the camp, and training began. They offered a course for girls. I was fourteen years old. It was a very strenuous course and I was in the third preparatory class at school.”
Source: The Eye of the Mirror
“Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell. Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You've got to work hard to get to them.”
“Hana: What on Earth is a 'barbeque'? Hel: A primitive tribal ritual featuring paper plates, elbows, flying insects, encrusted meat, hush puppies, and beer. Hana: I daren't ask what a 'hush puppy' is. Hel: Don't.”
“Hanael, the Angel of December, will help us enjoy the balance of giving and receiving in many different ways: working and relaxing, giving our support to others and allowing ourselves to receive it in our own lives, having run with friends and having a quiet time alone to replenish our energy.”
“Hanajima, my spear! Bring me my spear!”
“Hanajima: To truly love someone is to always put thier feelings before your own...No matter what.”
“Hand
Grasps at hand, eye lights eye in good friendship,
And great hearts expand
And grow one in the sense of this world's life.”
Source: Selections from Robert Browning
“Hand cannot erase this love”
“Hand fits giving, so do it, that's what the Gospel said to me. Life fits living, so let your judgments go.”
“Hand-holding, hot. It felt like I was in middle school again. But Bennett traced every inch of my skin, fingers skimming from my wrist up my palm, learning my life lines and my love lines, rubbing each finger from root to tip. My breath caught in my throat as his thumb rubbed an oval into my palm, sending tingles shooting up my arm. Muscles strained in my neck with the effort to keep looking forward as he raised my hand slowly, gently, to his lips and grazed the back of it with a kiss.”
Source: Best Served Hot
“hand. I was charged with organizing the messages: descriptions of the creatures, descriptions of their space vessels, descriptions of their conveyances, of their weapons, of their movements. Positions of our soldiers, of our allies’ soldiers. Troop movements. New arrivals of space vessels. Reports of casualties. Dear God, the casualties. And their descriptions. Charred piles of ash; bloodless carcases; crumpled, broken bodies; crushed jelly; roasted, dead meat. All…in these hands.”
Source: The Bunker
“Hand in hand, we climb the processional stair, rising in the celebratory uproar of a capricious court. As we enter the palace, we are blinded by the ascent from sunshine into darkness.”
Source: Tarnish
“Hand in hand we used to walk together,
Our friendship was as gentle as a feather .
In tough moments we often giggled.
U used to hug me when people niggled.
Time has certainly changed.
The face I died to see ,
Now I hate .”
“Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.
Everything that makes man's life worthwhile- family, work, education, a place to rear one's children and a place to rest one's head- all this depends on decisions of government;
all can be swept away by a government that does not heed the demands of its people.”
“Hand in hand with nationalist economic isolationism, militarism struggles to maintain the sovereign state against the forward march of internationalism.”
“hand, it became increasingly clear that many problems that U.S.
Blacks faced were not due solely to racial discrimination. While many African-
Americans benefited from the changed legislative climate, many others did not.
Class factors were equally important. Many Blacks endured downward social
mobility from the working-class center. The downwardly mobile—those who
lost their jobs and failed to find new ones—joined a growing population of poor
Blacks that had been on the bottom all along.This growing group on the bottom,
often referred to as the “Black underclass,” was not the cause of Black economic
disadvantage but, instead, constituted one outcome.”
“Hand me down the shark repellent Bat-Spray!”
“Hand me the world in a cup and I’ll drink it.”
Source: Servant of the Bones
“Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?”
“Hand, nobody told me about the weight. Why didn't our parents tell us about the weight?
—What weight?
—The fucking weight, Hand. How does the woman Ingres live? The one from Marrakesh? If we're vessels, and we are, then we, you and I, are overfull, and that means she's at the bottom of a deep cold lake. How can she stand the hissing of all that water?
—We are not vessels; we are missiles.
—We're static and we're empty. We are overfull and leaden.
—We are airtight and we are missiles and all-powerful.”
Source: You Shall Know Our Velocity!
“Hand of human is the hand of god.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“Hand ofte tit hverken veed Døgn eller Dag,
Men Ugen igiennem alt under et Tag
Ved Talge-Lys æder sin Davre;
Indbundet alt stædse som Qvæget i Baas,
Og holde sin Døre for Frostet i Laas,
Slig Nætter giør Huusene mavre.”
Source: The Trumpet of Nordland
“Hand over the prophecy and no one need get hurt," said Malfoy coolly. It was Harry's turn to laugh. "Yeah, right!" he said. "I will give you this - prophecy, is it? And you'll just let us skip off home, will you?”
“Hand over your responses to the man who triggers them, and you have already lost the battle for self. Look beyond, and find yourself there instead.”
Source: Thirteen
“Hand that on parting squeezes your shoulder, salutes the small of your back.”
“Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives.”
“Hand Watches”
I opened the drawer where I store old keepsakes and tokens. My eyes paused on hand watches with dead batteries, frozen in time…
Gifts from teachers and friends— offered to honor my accomplishments, to praise my respect for time.
It never occurred to them, or to me, that Time could die of a heart attack— that it would cease to matter the day my homeland was occupied and destroyed.
The day the plunderers —both foreign and within— colluded to burn and erase all that was beautiful.
Since then, I’ve refused to wear hand watches, and I never will until my people reclaim their Time and dignity.
And when that day comes, Time will no longer matter. For then, I will become— a butterfly, a sparrow, a daffodil or an orange blossom, perhaps an apricot blossom on a branch, an unstoppable stream of water flowing beyond time and timing.
In that same drawer, I found pens that had run dry, like mummified corpses.
In a moment of despair, a lightning bolt of realization struck me— leaving behind a terrifying question:
What if this is a wound that no amount of time can heal— a cause so vast that all the world’s ink cannot write its cure?”
Source: سرطان في كل مكان [Cancer Everywhere]
“Hand writing causes thinking - the repetition of writing your goal everyday will increase your awareness. The true purpose of a goal is to help you grow.”
“HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.”
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Hand-spinning is designed to put millions of rupees in the hands of the poor villagers.”
“Handa ka na, kapag naramdaman mo na ang pagbabago.”
“Handbags, I don't at all like them because they occupy my hands. My hands always have to be ready in case I need to slap somebody.”
“Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.”
“Handcrafted Humanity Sonnet 12
Here are some words born of narrowness,
Activist, woke, religious, atheist,
Socialist, communist, capitalist, conservative,
Intellectual, intelligent, classy, elitist,
Educated, learned, well-versed, sound-mind,
Traditional, old-fashioned, spiritual, altruistic,
Empiricist, Existentialist, rationalist, freethinker,
Godly, compassionate, selfless and mystic.
I refuse to be defined by any of them,
None of them can explain my true sentiment.
I may advocate for the good within each of them,
But I refuse to give any of them exclusive endorsement.
All these words are too puny to define my identity.
My name is human, my heart contains entire humanity.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Handcrafted Humanity Sonnet 19
It takes awareness to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
It takes moderation to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
It takes regulation to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
It takes restraint to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
It takes gentleness to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
It takes humility to be human,
To be animal it takes none.
Everything civilized starts with awareness.
But if you like being animal let go off all restraint.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Handcrafted Humanity Sonnet 58
Faith is no declaration of character,
It is just a matter of mental necessity.
It has nothing to do with truth and holiness,
In many cases, it makes a person quite unholy.
I often find myself speaking to my dead teacher,
It gives me strength and helps me take the leap.
The scientist in me knows it's all in my head,
But sometimes all logic must take a backseat.
The problem however is not our imaginary friend,
It is our loyalty to it at the expense of our humanity.
Keep your faith if it helps you through hard times,
But never let it be an impediment to universality.
Imagination is healthy when it sustains us as human,
When it ruins our humanity, it's time for its demolition.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Handcrafted Humanity Sonnet 7
Give, give and give again,
To give without reserve is living.
Fall, fall and fall again,
To fall without stopping is rising.
Break, break and break again,
To break without bending is integrity.
Lose, lose and lose again,
To lose without submitting is victory.
Love, love and love again,
To love despite being fooled is sanity.
Help, help and help again,
To help despite being deceived is humanity.
To give is to live, that is the civilized normal.
Kindness alone sets the human apart from animal.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Handcrafted Humanity Sonnet 81
If a tradition endorses hate and mistrust,
It’s the tradition that we must reject not people.
If a heritage endorses division and discrimination,
It's the heritage that we must reject not people.
If an ancestor passes on bigotry and barbarism,
It’s the ancestor that we must reject not people.
If a bible teaches phobia and separatism,
It’s the bible that we must reject not people.
If a messiah preaches blindness and conspiracy,
It's the messiah that we must reject not people.
If God commands oppression and occupation,
It’s the God that we must reject not people.
Above all commandment, love is the highest truth.
Anything that divides love is a stoneage residue.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Handcrafted Humanity Sonnet 95
Nature always tries to trick us most strongly,
Into being a filthy bunch of egotistical morons.
If we stand true to our conviction of community,
No cockeyed canine is gonna dictate our terms.
Survival of the fittest is the motto of animal,
Sacrifice for the helpless is the motto of human.
The decision is to be made by none but you,
What'll you spend your life as - animal or human!
Let's not spend another day with cold shoulder,
Let us rather put all of our shoulders together.
Only then we will be a tad stronger than history,
And rise as the mightiest descendant of Nature.
To conquer ourselves is to conquer space and time.
We live the fullest when we live as people's lifeline.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Handcuffing the ability of states and localities to develop clean fuels in the cheapest possible way, using local resources, is not sound or sensible policy.”
“Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones.”
“Handel is only fourth rate. He's not even interesting.”
“Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.”
Source: Delphi Masterworks of Ludwig van Beethoven (Illustrated)
“Handel's yearning for independence from the traditional chains of patronage and his persistence in monitoring his productions resulted with unique developments concerning Baroque 'opera seria'; however, paradoxically his personal obsession to obtain complete artistic freedom generated disastrous side-effects that eventually impeded the progress of opera in London.”
Source: Handel's Path to Covent Garden
“Handel understands effect better than any of us -- when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt.”
“Handel, to him I bow the knee.”
“Handful by handful, I wind up the hem of your dress. My fingers plunge inside you fro behind, so cold, so shocking. You take a small step to the side to open yourself to them. I know you don't have panties on. The back of your dress is cut too low. You reach for my hand and push it in deeper. Your dormant desire becomes unquenchable. You scoop one leg around the back of my thighs, pulling me in closer, rubbing against my hardness, and I'm pushing and you're rubbing, pushing and rubbing, pushing and rubbing, and my hand is drenched and you're begging for me to push deeper and you can't press close enough into my body, and then, ah, you're digging your nails into my back under my jacket and pulling away from my mouth to muffle your cry against my shoulder." She was no longer looking at him. She had closed her eyes and was moaning as though she had climaxed.”
Source: The Summer Kitchen
“Handfuls of frosty water can make almost anyone smile, but it cannot make them forget.”
Source: Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger
“Handguns are a public health issue.”
“Handguns are a public-health problem.”