Tiny Hands Quotes

• As often as I have witnessed the miracle [birth], held the perfect creature with its tiny hands and feet, each time I have felt as though I were entering a cathedral with prayer in my heart.

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  Margaret Sanger

  Prayer   Heart   Feet  

  Margaret Sanger (2012). “The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger”, p.55, Courier Corporation

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• The English language lacks the words 'to mourn an absence.' For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend we have all manner of words and phrases, some helpful, some not. Still, we are conditioned to say something, even if it is only 'I am sorry for your loss.' But for an absence, for someone who was never there at all, we are wordless to capture that particular emptiness. For those who deeply want children and are denied them, those missing babies hover like silent, ephemeral shadows over their lives. Who can describe the feel of a tiny hand that is never held?

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  Laura Bush

  Baby   Children   Sorry  

  Laura Bush (2010). “Spoken from the Heart”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• I grabbed Aunt Prue's tiny hand, her fingers as small as bare twigs in winter. I closed my eyes and took her other hand, twisting my strong fingers together with her frail ones. I rested my forehead against our hands and closed my eyes. I imagined lifting my head up and seeing her smiling, the tape and tubes gone. I wondered if wishing was the same thing as praying. If hoping for something badly enough could make it happen.

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  Kami Garcia

  Strong   Eye   Winter  

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• Maternal love, like an orange tree, buds and blossoms and bears at once. When a woman puts her finger for the first time into the tiny hand of her baby and feels that helpless clutch which tightens her very heartstrings, she is born again with her newborn child.

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  Kate Douglas Wiggin

  Mom   Daughter   Baby  

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• He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. "You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life.

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  John Boyne

  Character   Hands   My Best Friend  

  John Boyne (2016). “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”, p.329, Random House

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• Her tiny hand gripped mine with a surprising warmth, and in a shocking wash of emotion, I felt everything I knew shift. The scent of cinnamon and baby powder hit me, and as my eyes widened, my heart melted, making room for her.

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  Kim Harrison

  Baby   Heart   Eye  

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• If a pastor focuses only on teaching, he grows members with big ears and rears but tiny hands and hearts.Service is MODELED not taught.

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  Rick Warren

  Teaching   Heart   Hands  

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