Lump Quotes

“Like many people who dress in black, the lump of coal was interested in becoming an artist.”

“Break free from the binding robes of passion that feels like a lump in your heart, perform that surgery today, and you'll be set free forever.”

“Unoka went into an inner room and soon returned with a small wooden disc containing a kola nut, some alligator pepper and a lump of white chalk. "I have kola," he announced when he sat down, and passed the disc over to his guest. "Thank you. He who brings kola brings life. But I think you ought to break it," replied Okoye passing back the disc. "No, it is for you, I think," and they argued like this for a few moments before Unoka accepted the honor of breaking the kola. Okoye, meanwhile, took the lump of chalk, drew some lines on the floor, and then painted his big toe.”

“Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.”

“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”

“Philosophy and religion - what are they when the wind blows and the water gets up in lumps?”

“Whatever distinguishes one lump of flesh from another when we're alive, we're all the same once we're dead. Just used-up shells.”

“Hath not the potter power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour?”

“It is the lumps and trialsThat tell us whether we shall be knownAnd whether our fate can be exemplary, like a star.”

“There comes a point when you can only sweep so much under the rug, 'til you feel lumps under your feet and your path seems to become less comfortable.”