Quotes About Gesture

I had come to realize that the junior officers of the Party often used the exaggerated gesture of rudeness to cover up their feeling of inferiority.

It is impossible not to love someone who makes toast for you.

A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things.

In the old man's face there was nothing very special - save that the chin was so greatly projected that whenever he spoke he was forced to wipe it with a handkerchief to avoid dribbling.

Solokha nodded to everyone, and everyone thought she was nodding to him alone.

Sorel: I wish she hadn't sent me the beastly book, I must say something nice about it. Simon : The binding's very dashing.

An elderly black man stepped forward and prayed aloud for Lincoln's safety. Much to Coffin's surprise, the President "lifted his own hat from his head and bowed to the old man."24

If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.

Humans said one thing with their bodies and another with their mouths and everyone had to spend time and energy figuring out what they really meant.

I hold your life and do not take it." They had begun as gestures of trust rather than of affection, but their meaning had grown. Now, depending on the circumstances, a simple lifting of the head—as she had lifted hers to receive his bite—could mean trust, affection, challenge, or contempt. It was, Tahneh thought bitterly, the perfect gesture for a betrayal.

to the door of the undesirable little apartment, flinging it open, it seemed to Laurel, with a gesture of disgust. But Laurel's mother told her she ought to be thankful that such things as cheapest rooms existed. "It is only by occupying the cheapest room in the house, that you and I can go to nice hotels, where nice people go," Mrs. Dallas explained to her daughter.

La générosité est un geste sans limites que l'âme du monde ressent à chaque instant. La Confession de Massoud

I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.

I like what you've done to your face," Ben said, tapping his eye.

Once you decide what your heart gesture will be, practice it routinely during the four crucial times of each day: 1. when you wake up, 2. before you leave home, 3. when you come back home, and 4. before you go to sleep.

Burrell stopped his lawyer's protest by raising one large hand, palm out. "It's like

You never did master a leer." - Katharine Murray, Death on the Family Tree

She made another sweeping gesture that somehow went wrong because she knocked over the coffee pot and I immediately wrote down six new words which Auntie Mame said to scratch out and forget.

Then, eyes closed, she brushed the smooth side of it soft across her lips. It was a tender, thoughtful motion. It was nothing like a kiss.

Dijiste «Me preguntaba qué podrías estar haciendo aquí».- Hizo un gesto displicente-. Desde ese momento fui tuya.

We shared an apple, passing it back and forth between bites, which is close to kissing, if you've never kissed before.

The trouble is, when you gift a girl with flowers your choice can be construed so many different ways. A man might give you a rose because he feels you are beautiful, or because he fancies their shade or shape or softness similar to your lips. Roses are expensive, and perhaps he wishes to show through a valuable gift that you are valuable to him.

She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.

I'm sorry? Congratulations?" He made a shy smile at me. "Do I buy you a bandage or a beer?