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Quotes About Shoulders

Oh, to awake from dreaming! Look, there is the chest of drawers. Let me pull myself out of these waters. But they heap themselves on me; they sweep me between their great shoulders; I am turned; I am tumbled; I am stretched, among these long lights, these long waves, these endless paths, with people pursuing, pursuing.
~ Virginia Woolf
how wide his shoulders were, like a swimmer's, his skin the color of tea, of fall leaves toasted by the sun.
~ Celeste Ng
Toby's nose was very red, and his eye-lids were very red, and he winked very much, and his shoulders were very near his ears and his legs were very stiff, and altogether he was evidently a long way upon the frosty of cool.
~ Charles Dickens
Mrs. Sliderskew was in an ecstasy of delight, rolling her head about, drawing up her skinny shoulders, and wrinkling her cadaverous face into so many and such complicated forms of ugliness, as awakened the unbounded astonishment and disgust even of Mr. Squeers.
~ Charles Dickens
The Carrion Spike may already be in motion," Tarkin said, squaring his shoulders. As if in echo of Tarkin's posture of readiness, Vader planted his fists on his hips. "Then we have no time to spare.
~ James Luceno
Fang! Come Back! I started pulling his hair. Shaking his head and shoulders. Hard. Wake up! Snap out of it! You stupid jerk! I am going to kill you if you die on me!
~ James Patterson
short, dark hair and strong shoulders. He had a handsome, intelligent
~ James Patterson
quarter glass of whiskey. His shoulders were up around his ears and his jaw was flexing, and I could see what remained of the muscles in his neck twitching. He was looking away from me and Nick at a group of men celebrating what seemed to be someone's return. A skinny, pockmarked shrimp of a guy at the center of the
~ James Patterson
There's always pressure on people's shoulders when it comes to Man United, and it's how you deal with the pressure.
~ Jesse Lingard
We come by aurora, with a heavy and sovereign tread, with the might of matriarchs to furnish our shoulders, with the apricity of light to crown our heads
~ Michelle Franklin
Her (Mary's) Son first had to be the Child of the Father in order then to become man and be capable of taking up on his shoulders the burden of a guilty world.
~ Hans Urs von Balthasar
Stress happens. In different ways, we all hold unnecessary tension in our bodies all day long. Shoulders, neck, wrists, hips, hamstrings, back, oh my!
~ Tara Stiles
Prince Andrew shrugged his shoulders and frowned, as lovers of music do when they hear a false note.
~ Tolstoy
You're a monster, do you know that?" "Yes, oddly enough, I do." He threw his arm across Patroclus's shoulders. "Come on, let's eat.
~ Pat Barker
Might there be strength for the hard times, humor to ease the tense times, and shoulders always available for the times of tears
~ Janette Oke
Constance sent me a reply,' I said. 'Your poem went down really well.' 'That's a huge weight off my shoulders, Red. I hardly slept a wink last night worrying whether you two would fins the unhappiness you deserve.
~ Jasper Fforde
I've got a stretching program that's specific to my body, to keep my lower back mobile and my shoulders strong.
~ Garrett McNamara
Snow speckled the black dragon's wings and shoulders. Small chunks of ice were caught between her claws, and she shook her talons to knock them loose before stepping into the tunnel.
~ Tui T. Sutherland
The newly-minted captain admits the irony between the gold on his shoulders and the lack of gold in his pockets.
~ Patrick O'Brian
and I began to think that the strictures of Islam would quickly make me a fancier of the margins of anatomy, thrilling at especially trim ankles, seeking a wink behind a veil, or watching for a response in the shoulders of one of those shrouded forms.
~ Paul Theroux
By the nature of their shape, kettlebells hang behind the hands and make the balancing act much easier. Now, for the first time, you can do a legit overhead squat. The KBs will stretch out your shoulders in no time flat—just keep on overhead KB squatting!
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
George Russell had responded to yet another request for a reference, sending, by return air-letter, an encomium which would have sat extravagantly on the shoulders of Pico della Mirandola.
~ Clive James
Gobs of fresh, unpolluted air and barrels of bright sunshine are also necessities to keep them out of hospitals. A lack of any of these, plus suppression of activity—can make Geminis susceptible to accidents and infections involving the shoulders, arms, hands and fingers.
~ Unknown
I never want the ball above my shoulders until I'm really firing. I feel like I can generate more velocity with my arm path. The way my arm works, there's so many benefits to it - from a health standpoint, as well.
~ Max Scherzer