I'll never forget the first time I saw someone who had died. It was my grandfather. And I knelt next to his coffin. And all I could do was eye level was look at his hands. They were enormous hands. And all I could think was, 'Those hands dug freedom ...
They dream of men with gentle hands, eloquent with tenderness, fingers that brushed along a cheek, that outlined open lips in the lovers' braille. Hands that sculpted sweetness from sullen flesh, that traced breast and ignited hips, opening, kneading...
Practice with the left hand while the right is still there.
You cannot carry two watermelons in one hand.
How can one start a fast with baklava in one's hand.
The fire cannot be put out with your hands.
It needs a cunning hand to shave a fool's head.
Take nothing in hand that may bring repentance.
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
Promises have legs. Only a gift has hands.
One hand washes the other and both wash the face.
When the hand ceases to scatter, the heart ceases to pray.
Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.
Only what you have in your hand is not a lie.
If the sky falls, hold up your hands.
Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool.
As the stone leaves your hand it belongs to the devil.
While we read a novel, we are insane - bonkers.
Better a live dog than a dead lion.
A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.
