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Quotes About Gesture

That's enough of that, Jesse said. Next thing I knew, he'd scooped me up. Only instead of carrying me to my bed and setting me down on it all romantically, you know, like guys do to girls in the movies, he just dumped me onto it, so I bounced around and would have fallen off if I hadn't grabbed the edge of the mattress. Thanks, I said, not quite able to keep all of the sarcasm out of my voice.
~ Meg Cabot
Friend Tim shakes hands with Perfect Specimen of Mankind. Will never wash right hand again.
~ Meg Cabot
Then I watched his eyebrows go up. Way up.
~ Meg Cabot
She frowned a little at the paper note Ferb had handed her.
~ Megan E. Bryant
I woke with a terrible headache and wobbled around 'till I fell out the window. You what? Fell out the window. That one over there. She [Edwina] gestured to the curtain behind her. I broke my back. My spine is all wobbly now, but it doesn't hurt.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
Attolia had brushed Eugenides's cheek almost shyly before sending him with a wave back to his own couch.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
When she reached the shallow end, Kingsley held out his hand and pulled her up, but she lost her step and fell into his arms, her body crushing momentarily against his.
~ Melissa de la Cruz
When the politics of greed become a cultural norm, all acts of charity are wrongly seen as suspect and are represented as a gesture of the weak.
~ bell hooks
Leading her to the table, Rick poured a glass of champagne for her. As they touched glasses, he smiled and said, "Here's looking at you, kid." Yvonne positively glowed.
~ Ben Bova
the gentle Kathryn thumps the engagement ring in his face, thumps it as you'd thump a spider
~ Ben Fountain
Does that girl work here?' Robbie asked, gesturing at the screen behind which Mary had disappeared. 'All her life,' Sir Giles said. 'You remember Mary, Thomas?' 'I tried to drown her when we were both children,' Thomas said.
~ Bernard Cornwell
Sam Pearl, curvo su un foglio verde delle corse, gli fece un cenno di saluto con la mano grassoccia. A nessuno dei due veniva mai in mente di mettersi a chiacchierare. Che ne capiva lui delle corse di cavalli? Che ne sapeva l'altro della tragicità della vita?
~ Bernard Malamud
I also remember that the smallest gesture of affection would bring a lump to my throat, whether it was directed at me or at someone else.
~ Bernhard Schlink
He shrugged and dusted dustless hands, one against the other. He
~ Beryl Markham
I think the time is ripe for a return to the refinement of lifestyle that the pocket watch embodies. A personal pleasure that you know you have in your pocket, which requires an elegant gesture to use and show to others.
~ Richard Mille
American Sign Language requires a lot of facial and body expression.
~ Nyle DiMarco
When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.
~ William Safire
You know who I like the way he celebrates is Peyton. He kind of gives the guy a handshake and goes back to the sidelines. I think that's a great celebration right there.
~ Brian Urlacher
Some people put up a peace sign with one hand. Some people put up the middle finger instead. I use two hands and put up both.
~ Brian Celio
In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people.
~ Marcel Marceau
I think that romance sort of coincides with effort, so you can fall flat on your face, but as long as you're making a great effort, I think it comes off as romantic. So it can be something as simple as, like, if you're someone who doesn't cook, you can make a meal.
~ Ashton Kutcher
Stone's shoulder and pointed. "There's
~ Stuart Woods
I stood when she reached the table and we did that fake kissing thing, looking like a pair of budgies about to peck each other to death.
~ Sue Grafton
He blinked at me lazily and I blinked back at half speed, an exchange I later learned was called a cat kiss.
~ Sue Grafton