Elbows Quotes

“Sometimes being given the elbow can turn out to be the best hand.”

“Don't be discouraged when your life boils hot. With just a little more toil, you'll reap from the soil. More oil to your elbows. Stay awake and make it happen!”

“All round there was a rising tide of beer, widow Désir's barrels had all been broached, beer had rounded all paunches and was overflowing in all directions, from noses, eyes - and elsewhere. People were so blown out and higgledy-piggledy, that everybody's elbows or knees were sticking into his neighbour and everybody thought it great fun to feel his neighbour's elbows. All mouths were grinning from ear to ear in continuous laughter.”

“You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.”

“When you think of it, people may rub elbows and still have an ocean or two between them.”

“You can go through the world with your elbows out and your nose in the air, and call it independence, if you like. That's not my way.”

“She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position”

“The pulse of New York City can be found on the bent elbows of the patrons in Pete's Tavern.”

“He lay between her legs, propped himself on his elbows, and gazed at the sunset in her eyes. "I want to remember this moment," he said huskily.”

“Karen, her elbows folded on the deck-rail, wanted to share with someone her pleasure in being alone: this is the paradox of any happy solitude.”