Quotes of: Palm Keyword

Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

African

The exceeding brightness of this early sun Makes me conceive how dark I have become.

The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

We say God and the imagination are one . . . How high that highest candle lights the dark.

The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

Poetry is a finikin thing of air That lives uncertainly and not for long Yet radiantly beyond much lustier blurs.

The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

Children picking up our bones Will never know that these were once As quick as foxes on the hill;

The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

From oriole to crow, note the decline In music. Crow is realist. But, then, Oriole, also, may be realist.

The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

Man is like palm-wine: when young, sweet but without strength; in old age, strong but harsh.

Congolese

It is said you are the woman who holds all of London in the palm of her hand." "Perhaps not all of London, Your Grace, but a fortunate few have indeed felt the palm of my hand.

The Courtesan Duchess

Death and life are the same thing-like the two sides of my hand, the palm and the back. And still the palm and the back are not the same...They can be neither separated, nor mixed.

The Farthest Shore

A pear should come to the table popped with juice, Ripened in warmth and served in warmth. On terms Like these, autumn beguiles the fatalist.

The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

After the leaves have fallen, we return To a plain sense of things. It is as if We had come to an end of the imagination, Inanimate in an inert savoir.

The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

Some people read palms to tell your future, but I read hands to tell your past. Each scar makes a story worth telling. Each callused palm, each cracked knuckle is a missed punch or years in a factory.

Sarah Kay

I can't palm a basketball.

Carmelo Anthony

Between the inner and outer beaches, a strand of woods thrived: palms, palmettos, mahogany, figs, and calabash. Coconut palms and fig trees dropped enough fruit to feed the wildlife that swooped by in droves. It was so easy to catch a fish with your ...

The Billionaire Who Atoned to Me

I know my time will come soon enough, but I will not dwell on it. What is the purpose? We might as well dwell on the work of our teeth or on the mechanics of our walk. It is there, it will always be there, and I don't intend to spend my glorious hour...

Stevenson Under the Palm Trees

I haven't bought a yacht or an island or even a palm tree.

David A. Siegel

Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clinches his fist.

Kenneth Tynan

Her nerves licked her palms.

Markus Zusak

The computer has moved to the palm of our hands now.

Brad D. Smith

A lot of people prefer to be alone. They would rather be a palm tree on an island. I don't get it.

Jose Andres Puerta

This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky.

James Agee