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Quotes About Constriction

I squeeze like an anaconda.
~ Tito Ortiz
It was as if a boa constrictor had wrapped itself around my torso and was squeezing me into the shape of a meal.
~ James Patterson
origin: it is narrowing!
~ Dan Brown
There is the heat, which clots the air around her and stops up her pores and her eyes and ears
~ China Mieville
The snake kills by squeezing very slowly. This is how the civilized world slowly, slowly pushes into the forest and takes away the world that used to be.
~ James Cameron
Partitions and cubicles can be oppressive. They are so boring.
~ Miguel McKelvey
He looks uncomfortable, and in this respect the garb is apt. Kevin is uncomfortable; the tiny clothing replicates the same constriction that he feels in his own skin.
~ Lionel Shriver
She pressed her fingertips into the hard wood of the handrail until they whitened. She would constrict the world to a pinhole.
~ Rachel Kadish
Empedocles claims that in utero, our backbone is one long solid; and that through the constriction of the womb and the punishments of birth it must be snapped again and again to form our vertebræ; that for the child to have a spine, his back must first be broken.
~ Unknown
Whispering makes a narrow place narrower.
~ Unknown
Empedolces claims that in utero, our backbone is one long solid; and that through the constriction of the womb and the punishments of birth it must be snapped again and again to form our vertebrae; that for the child to have a spine, his back must first be broken
~ Unknown
She's about as wide open as a fist.
~ John Steinbeck
In practice, most people will exhibit a mix of tissue states—usually two, and sometimes three. Diseases often go through a progression of states. Opposites are often active: irritation/depression, constriction/relaxation, and atrophy/stagnation. In chronic cases, the organism seems to reduce to the least active: atrophy, torpor, and depression. The
~ Unknown
Language only felt infinite; instead, everyone swam through surprisingly narrow channels when they spoke or wrote.
~ Meg Wolitzer
Boa Constrictor
~ Unknown
Small places make for small lives
~ Naomi Alderman
waste our lives moving in a circle, in the most constricted space. We sacrifice all freedom.
~ Unknown
In a fallen world there is a powerful pressure to constrict your life to the shape and size of your life. There
~ Paul David Tripp
In a fallen world there is a powerful pressure to constrict your life to the shape and size of your life.
~ Paul David Tripp
When we respond to a life-threatening situation, hyperarousal is initially accompanied by constriction in our bodies and a narrowing of perceptions. Our nervous system acts to ensure that all our efforts can be maximally focused on the threat ...
~ Peter A. Levine
Constriction alters a person's breathing, muscle tone, and posture in order to promote efficiency and strength. Blood vessels in the skin, extremities, and internal organs constrict so that more blood is available to the muscles, which are tensed and prepared to take defensive action. At the same time, the digestive system is inhibited. We may also feel numb and shut down.
~ Peter A. Levine