I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied.
My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
I threw so hard I thought my arm would fly right off my body.
There are endless exercises for arms, but the basics are best-chinups and pushups.
The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout.
Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them; nor does it follow from this, that all promiscuously must go into actual service on every occasion. The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle; and when we see many men disposed to practice upon it, whenever they can prevail, no wonder true republicans are for carefully guarding against it.
In ancient times men fought with their right arms and defended with their left arms. . . . . . the right side of the body was considered masculine and the left side feminine.
Once journalists have been rifling through your dustbins, you do try and keep them at arms' length.
I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.
I’m so sorry to disappoint you,” she said, breathing hard. “But it would take far more than that to scare me. ” A quick flex of his arms, and their bodies collided. And he whispered, just as his mouth fell on hers, “God, I was hoping you’d say that.
I know that the arms of friendship are long enough to reach from the one end of the world to the other
The [Barack] Obama administration wants to take our rights to keep and bear arms away from us. They are trying to take our God, and our gun. And if they do that, they can impose a dictatorship upon us.
I sighed. 'It's hard. You're the only one who listens to what I have to say. ' Longshot dropped a gentle, comforting arm around my shoulders. 'Then speak louder, girl. Don't let them put out your spark.
Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast.
A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
I'd been convinced I was on the outside, but really, I'd always been within arm's reach. All I had to do was ask, and I, too, would be easily brought back, surrounded and immersed, finding myself safe, somewhere in between.
"I love you, Jonathan," she whispered. A long arm snaked around her, and he pulled her against his side. "I know," he said. "I just wanted to be sure you knew it, too. "
Before the famine, which was in the 1840s, that was an emotional turning point. . . There are various documents showing how the Elizabethan English, in particular, were shocked by Irish displays of affection, by the way women acted toward strangers, walking up and putting their arms around them and kissing them right full on the mouth.
She found herself thinking of how it would feel to be safely trapped in his arms, with no more possibility to choose.
I've always felt that any establishment that doesn't welcome me with open arms doesn't deserve my patronage.