Quotes About Gently

A man is a god in ruins.When men are innocent,life shall be longer and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams

Today, I am a clear stream flowing softly through green meadows. I make my way swiftly but gently to my goals.

man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams." RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Nature

Rat sculled gently homewards in a dreamy mood, murmuring poetry-things over to himself

In her absence I cleaned the dead woman, working gently, as if Ita Noonan could still feel everything.

I know," said Polly, and as gently as she was able said, "Have you thought about maybe another line of work?" "What, like making cakes?" Chris scoffed. "No, you see it's kind of different for me. I'm a professional." Polly decided it was best they leave before she hit him with the teapot.

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.

Finally I closed my eyes and opened them again, and I smiled very gently at the creature.

People who know fresh cod - from the great restaurants of France, to British working-class fish shops, to the St. John's waterfront - all agree on three things: It should be cooked quickly and gently, it should be prepared simply, and, above all, it must be a thick piece. Only a large piece can be properly cooked.

The higher the temperature you use to cook, the faster energy is transferred, and the less evenly your meat cooks. Conversely, the more gently a steak is cooked, the more evenly it cooks.

If I may say so,' said Appleby, 'Your district seems to be a hotbed of sexual immorality. The people are as promiscuous as old Amos Sturrock's goats.' 'Amos Sturrock's goats are not promiscuous.' Mutlow was suddenly indignant. 'They are uncommonly gently bred.

the ingredients together—in a pot, with shots of red-wine vinegar (an unusual addition, a bright, slightly racy acidity to balance the dish's summer sweetness)—and heats them gently for a short time. The practice—each vegetable cooked separately—is said to produce a more animated jumble of flavors than if everything had been plopped in at the same time.

Myrddin', I said gently, 'what is she to you?' His head whipped round and he glared at me. His mouth was a grimace of revulsion, and his eyes were hard, bright points of pain. 'She is my death

We should treat our anxiety, our pain, our hatred and passion gently, respectfully, not resisting it, but living with it, making peace with it, penetrating into its nature by

Home, Ms. Lane?" His deep voice was gently amused. "I have to call it something," I said morosely. "They say home is where the heart is. I think mine's satin-lined and six feet under.

What kind of spell did I put over you?" he asked gently, his voice that pure, mesmerizing, hypnotic cadence she couldn't seem to resist. "How should I know?" she asked petulantly. "For all I know, you studied with Merlin." She regarded him with suspicion. "You didn't, did you?" "Actually, honey, he was my apprentice," he said. She put both hands over her ears

Slowly and gently, Augustus Brine explained to the king of the Djinn about the illusion created by motion pictures. When he finished, he felt like he had just raped the tooth fairy in front of a class of kindergartners.

Instruct us, Father, gently in the secrets of your love.

Gently the waves would break (Lily heard them in her sleep); tenderly the light fell (it seemed to come through her eyelids). And it all looked, Mr. Carmichael thought, shutting his book, falling asleep, much as it used to look years ago.

If you want to make a movie out of my book, have one of these faces gently melt into my own, while I look.

He downed the shot and it hit him like a pillow fight. He felt gently bashed and full of wonder.

Commend him gently, whom the wrath he suckled at his heart has wasted more than years.

She pouted. It's very serious, Uncle Varana. Naturally it is, he agreed, gently touching her out-thrust lower lip with one thick finger, but that's no reason not to laugh about it.

How light the raindrop's contents are; how gently the world touches me. From View With a Grain of Sand