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I looked down again at the sign in my hand - ENJOY THE RIDE! - and it seemed, suddenly, to be just that. A sign. — Sarah Dessen

She stared at him for a long moment. Then she put her hand in his . . . and broke his heart. — Anne Bishop

What I learnt came to me . . . at second and at third hand, in chunks and puzzles, degrees and flashes. — Sybille Bedford

The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough. — Diogenes Laertius

When we went to war at the Falklands, Buck Kernan had to shake each man's hand as we boarded a boat for war. — Scott Raab

Sometimes my hand starts to burn and I am convinced we are writing the same word at the same moment. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Pierre held the hand of his betrothed in silence, looking at her beautiful bosom as it rose and fell. — Leo Tolstoy

If a business has to be told that it needs more focus, accountability and decisiveness, there is a bigger problem at hand. — Brad Garlinghouse

If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm. — Katharine Hepburn

[T]hat is the triumph of history - truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist. — Jacques Barzun

I believe God spoke to you at cliffs. Her hand came to rest on the top of my head. But perhaps you weren't truly listening — Jenny B. Jones

My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve. — J. C. Watts

If you look at a map of Europe you will observe that Greece is a skeleton-like hand stretching its crooked fingers out into the Mediterranean Sea. — Will Durant

Oddly, the burned hand didn't seem to hurt much anymore; it was only numb. It would have been better if there had been pain. Pain was at least real. — Stephen King

Huguet, on the other hand, insisted that prosecutors settle for nothing less than a lengthy sentence at the state penitentiary in Deer Lodge. — Jon Krakauer

It's a vow that if I can't be anything else to you, at least I can be a weapon in your hand. — Leigh Bardugo

Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be. — Walter Raleigh

When the light at Vernon turned green, we stepped into the street and George grabbed my hand and the ghosts of our younger selves crossed with us. — Aimee Bender

Having watched herself in the speckled mirror ... she was already shocked beyond surprise at what the flat hand of age could do. — Mary Lee Settle

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment. — Georgia O'Keeffe

The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. — Lewis Thomas

How it felt to have the world moving beneath me, a hand gripping mine, knowing if I fell, at least I wouldn't do it alone. — Sarah Dessen

I believe librarians, like English teachers, sit at the right hand of God. — William Deresiewicz

It's not the first time I should be dead, Bast. I'm a fair hand at avoiding it. — Patrick Rothfuss

If he is satisfied with only regretting me, when he might have obtained my affections and hand, I shall soon cease to regret him at all. — Jane Austen

On the bookshelf of life, God is a useful work of reference, always at hand but seldom consulted. — Dag Hammarskjold

Saf keeps a vast range of bullies on hand at all times. — Kristin Cashore

You can scoff at opinions. You can reject hypotheses. You can discard theories out of hand. But you cannot reject the facts — Forrest Carr

At last he reached out and with a gentle hand, closed Valentine's eyes.
"Ave atque vale, Shadowhunter," he said. — Cassandra Clare

I don't like having too many projects in the pipeline. I like to focus on what's at hand. — Jean Dujardin

Oh my Valentine! I want to wake up and enjoy every sunrise with you and vanish into your hand at the sunset of my life. — Debasish Mridha

The guy had guts - I had to give him that. Later on I was hoping for a first-hand look at them. — Rob Thurman

Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace. — Ramakrishna

Andcuffs, massage oil, some edible underwear-"
Aidan held up his hand. "No need to explain anymore. You had me at handcuffs, — Katie Ashley

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence. — Johann Sebastian Bach

Indecision, doubt and fear. The members of this unholy trio are closely related; where one is found, the other two are close at hand. — Napoleon Hill

And then he glanced at the ceiling and, making a fist with his right hand, he gasped, Damn you ... God! Damn you! — Anne Rice

Richard opened his hand, and the key stared up at him from his palm. "By my crooked teeth," asked Richard, remembering, "who am I? — Neil Gaiman

The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner. — Howard Staunton

Divide each difficulty at hand into as many pieces as possible and as could be required to better solve them. — Rene Descartes

At the end of the day, you can have something in your head, something in your hand, or something in your heart. What are you choosing? — Mooji

My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day. — Johnny Carson

All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand. — George Henry Lewes

VII. A Knock at the Door VIII. A Hand at Cards IX. The Game Made X. The Substance of the Shadow XI. Dusk XII. — Charles Dickens

Sometimes I try my hand at turning out small profundities and uncertain short stories, but I always end up with just one single word: God. — Etty Hillesum

I thought I would try my hand at sailing. It was too small and kept sinking, so I decided to try a boat instead. — Arthur M. Jolly

The chamber grew suddenly silent, the only other person with first-hand knowledge of the matter staring pensively at the floor. — Marcha A. Fox

I was never given any hand-outs. I started at the bottom and was very good at finding people who knew more than me and learning from them. — Simon Cowell

But like always when I try to place my thoughts in the past and hide there, the fear close at hand seeps in through the memory. — Ken Kesey

I believe that the end of things man-made cannot be very far away - must be near at hand. — John Harvey Kellogg

At length I fell asleep, with the volume in my hand; and never slept so sound before — Herman Melville

Parvati took his hand. It was such a strange, unexpected gesture that he just blinked and stared at it.
"I'll protect you. — Sarwat Chadda

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand. — Seneca.

Her mother walk all the way back to their car, hand in hand, like two jewels on a delicate strand that might at any moment be broken. — Jodi Picoult

In the world union, prosperity is a science, self-interest a new religion, peace is at hand and the future has never looked brighter. — B. Barmanbek

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world. — Sargent Shriver

We have no way of knowing what lays ahead for us in the future. All we can do is use the information at hand to make the best decision possible. — Christopher Walken

I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill dragons! — Georgette Heyer

But to speak ill of people at hand who give no cause for blame, is to assume a right far distinct from justice. — Aeschylus

At midnight, everything changes." He steps to me his hand sweeps smoothly around my waist. I have to tilt my head back to maintain my eye contact. — Dee Palmer

For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand. — Beatrix Potter

Active management leads to lots of poor investor behavior. It sends people chasing after whoever has the hot hand at the moment. — Barry Ritholtz

The most treasured asset in investment management is a steady hand at the tiller. — Robert D. Arnott

It's like a hand at your throat all the time, isn't it? Nothing's inevitable anymore. Not the next heartbeat, not anything. — Jandy Nelson

Either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives. — J.K. Rowling

The whole Earth is at the hand of the wise man, since the fatherland of an elevated soul is the Universe. — Democritus

If you gave a bag of potato chips to the guy who invented Pringles, he'd look at you like you were trying to hand him an abortion. — Dana Gould

Christian is staring at us. He's an only child and could never understand the delicate joys of sibling abuse. — Cynthia Hand

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand. — Euripides

Iko, too, glanced back. Kinney was sneering contemptuously at Kai's hand on Iko's broken arm. — Marissa Meyer

It's a blessing to die at the hand of someone beautiful — Laini Taylor

Door VIII. A Hand at Cards IX. The Game Made X. The Substance of the Shadow — Charles Dickens

like most men skilled at their work they were scornful of any least suggestion of knowing anything not learned at first hand. — Cormac McCarthy

110 This is the declaration of the Lord to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool." — Anonymous

He was awfully good at being aristocratic. Alexia, on the other hand, was only good at being autocratic. Not quite the same thing. — Gail Carriger

I never thought about success. I always thought about doing the job at hand. My goal was getting through the show that night. — Steve Martin

I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand — Andrew Solomon

And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons, when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

If you go to France, you have to speakFrench. If you speak in English, no one looks at you. On the one hand we sayEnglish is a global language. — Raj Thackeray

Ricorda, se hai bisogno di una mano la troverai alla fine del tuo braccio.
Remember, if you need a hand you'll find it at the end of your arm. — Audrey Hepburn

What do I mean by concentration? I mean focusing totally on the business at hand and commanding your body to do exactly what you want it to do. — Arnold Palmer

The notions category and functor were not formulated or put in print until the idea of a natural transformation was also at hand. — Saunders Mac Lane

Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
[Better good afar than evil at hand.] — George Herbert

My mom looks like she could burst into a pile of confetti, but shakes her hand and beams at Lily. "Please — Alexa Riley

I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand. — Sam Riley

Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good. — Marcus Aurelius

The author describes Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn as seldom at ease without a gavel in his hand. — Robert A. Caro

Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand- - that and such hope as I bring. — J.R.R. Tolkien

At dusk a broken wheel appeared, Held by a hand I could not see, And I knew that someone I feared, Had discovered an empty room in me" ~ 1951 — Gavin Maxwell

I believe in love. Unfortunately, it doesn't believe me. Lust, on the other hand, is a nagging wife poking constantly at my DNA. — Carroll Bryant

Raffe looks over at the bloody knife in my hand. If I still had any doubts that it was you, that would do it. — Susan Ee

,m./But it is precisely at those moments when the glass seems to be 'set fair' that Fate invariably decides to take a hand. — John Bude

Why should I stay at the bottom of a well, when a strong rope is in my hand? — Rumi

Fault isn't the issue. We need to deal with the issues at hand, not whose at fault. — R.K. Lilley

Leadership is knowing what to do next, knowing why that's important, and knowing how to bring the appropriate resources to bear on the need at hand. — Bobb Biehl

I'd love to try my hand at something else. — Colin Firth

You don't have to say you love me, just be close at hand. You don't have to stay for ever, I will understand. — Dusty Springfield

We stared out at the city that hummed and glittered like a computer chip deep in some unknowable machine, holding its secret like a poker hand — Janet Fitch

Turn off your mind, and focus on what you've got to do - task at hand. — Tony Horton

Rule number one in adapting - control the situation at hand before it has a chance to control you. — Maggi Myers