Grope Quotes

“If he had to spend the evening with madwomen, he would prefer at least one of them be willing to let him grope her.”

“Dismissed like a dog. Damon groped for his jacket behind him, found it, and wished that his groping for his sense of humor could be as successful. The faces around him were all the same. They could have been carved in stone.But not stone as hard as that that was coming together again around his soul. That rock was remarkably quick to mend—and an extra layer was added, like the layering of a pearl, but not covering anything nearly so pretty.”

“So if you, O subsequent ones, ever deign to look down at us from your summit of effortless superiority, remember that you have only scaled it on the back of our efforts. For it is thankless to grope in the dark and tempting to rest until the light of understanding shines upon us. But if we are led into this temptation, your kingdom will never come.”

“How do I work? I grope.”

“Science gropes and staggers toward improved understanding.”

“While death and darkness girdle meI grope for immortality.”

“It is amazing how desperately the self-proclaimed revolutionaries grope for their own orthodoxy.”

“Let not him who accepts light in an instant despise him who gropes months in shadows.”

“His sins seemed to be so few that he was alarmed and groped anxiously for more, knowing he could not be without guilt.”