The fate of peoples is made like this, two men in small rooms. Forget the coronations, the conclaves of cardinals, the pomp and processions. This is how the world changes: a counter pushed across a table, a pen stroke that alters the force of a phrase, a woman's sigh as she passes and leaves on the air a trail of orange flower or rose water; her hand pulling close the bed curtain, the discreet sigh of flesh against flesh.
Hilary MantelTag: power history change tudors subtlety gestures
Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind.
Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to all things.
Their language has been lost.
But not the gestures.
Tag: perception roots nature speech secret secrets trees tree listen attention speaking bark root tree-parable hearing gestures hear paying-attention
В характера си тя имаше чисти страни, чисти като синьото цвете, останали й от времето, когато пееше по улиците. Като гледаше продавачките на цветя край метрото, тя ми казваше тогава:
- Вярваш ли, че един ден някой мъж ще ми поднесе малко букетче, което ще купи, минавайки оттук?
След това тя получаваше толкова цветя, че можеше да ги препродава. Беше удовлетворена, цветята свидетелстваха за нейния успех, но...
- Ти не можеш ме убеди - умуваше тя, - че тия огромни букети се поднасят от сърце, много мангизи се плащат за тях. А за едно букетче от теменужки човек трябва да си помисли, трябва да бръкне в джоба си и после да ти го даде, без да се страхува, че ще изглежда смешен. Това е жест...
...I see you as series of gestures, a palette of colors -all these tiny tiles pixelate, and then coalesce... into the idea of you...
John GeddesTag: love-quotes gestures poetry-quotes thoughts-of-you
They'd never been lovers, of course, not in the physical sense. But they'd been lovers as most of us manage, loving through expressions and gestures and the palm set softly upon the bruise at the necessary moment. Lovers by inclination rather than by lust. Lovers, that is, by love.
Gregory MaguireTag: love lust lovers expressions gestures
The man tilted back his head, raised his eyebrows, cast his eyes to heaven, pouted his lips and said, "Tch!"
"That performance," said the chief, "is the Cypriot way of saying 'No'....
You pierce me with a look, a word, a gesture. And yet those same weapons could shield me from hurt if you so choose.
Richelle E. GoodrichTag: weapons hurt actions richelle gestures pierce richelle-goodrich unkind-words
When he smiles, they mostly look away. But Martin likes to think they carry his smile for a few blocks – that even the smallest gesture is something grand.
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